Jammu, Jan 4 (PTI) The Jammu Smart City Ltd (JSCL) has invited tenders for procurement of e-autos as part of smart city projects and is also in the process of floating the tender for e-buses, officials said here.

The e-autos are meant for running on new routes identified by the road transport agency and also as a replacement for those fuelled by petrol or diesel, they said.

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The regional transport officer of Jammu informed that around 41 routes have already been notified for operationalisation of e-rickshaws to ensure last-mile connectivity.

Divisional Commissioner Ragav Langhar directed the authorities concerned to expedite issuance of permissions and designation of specific routes and areas of operations.

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JSCL CEO Avny Lavasa said old auto rickshaws can also be replaced with e-autos, and the government will provide subsidies for the same.

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had on December 18 taken a ride in an electric bus from the Raj Bhavan till Trikuta Nagar. It was a trial run to augment inter-city and intra-city transport facilities in the union territory.

Sinha had directed officials to initiate the process for rolling out 200 e-buses in Jammu and Srinagar city under the smart city projects to begin with.

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