A double-decker green bus will be available to the senior citizens of Nagpur city for free trips to religious and tourist places. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate this bus on September 16. This bus has been made available to the Jyestha Nagrik Pratishthan under the CSR initiative of Ashok Ley-Land.
This double-decker green bus is going to be used for free travel of senior citizens to religious places and tourist places. At present Pratisthan has a green bus of the Olectra company and this bus has been in the service of senior citizens for the last five years. Thousands of senior citizens have benefited from free trips to religious places like Shegaon, Mahur, Kalamb, Ambhora, Adasa, Dhapewada etc. through this green bus.
This double-decker green bus of Ashok Leyland Company is air-conditioned and has a seating arrangement of 65 passengers. Powered by an advanced lithium-ion battery, the bus can run 250 km in a single charge in one and a half to three hours. This double-decker bus is 4.75 meters in height, 9.8 meters in length and 2.6 meters in width.