The Union Transport Ministry in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO will work on developing cost-effective battery technologies to make electric buses economically viable. A transport ministry official said in Delhi that it will also help in cutting down on the carbon emissions especially in the urban areas. He said, it has been decided to design electric transportation system for buses in collaboration with ISRO.
He said that a meeting was held today in this regard between the officials from the Road and Highways Ministry, the Science and Technology Ministry and ISRO. The official said, the road ministry will within a week submit all its documents with regard to battery-specification requirement to ISRO. He said, ISRO will develop a time-bound programme for the development of these commercial batteries.