Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has bagged an order for supply of state-of-the-art electric buses along with charging infrastructure of these buses for Gorakhpur City in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
The order has been placed on BHEL by the Urban Transport Directorate (UTD), Lucknow.
These low floor, disabled-friendly electric buses will be deployed by UTD at Gorakhpur airport. This is in line with the company's transformation initiative of expanding into new markets/businesses.
Further, as part of the transformation journey, BHEL is consolidating and reinvigorating the initiatives taken in defence and aerospace, water, e-mobility, batteries, renewables and transportation businesses.