The Maharashtra government will buy 8,000 new buses for the state-run MSRTC over the next year. Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik announced this in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, December 11. He said Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland have already received orders and tenders for 3,000 of these buses.

Sarnaik said MSRTC has prepared a plan to upgrade all 216 bus depots across the state. He also said that the state aims to convert 25,000 diesel buses into electric vehicles by 2029. The work will be done through a public-private partnership model.

The goal is to improve the depots and also earn extra revenue by using the available space for commercial activity. He said this step is important because MSRTC is facing liabilities of INR 4,400 crore. The government wants to reduce this bu

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