The BEST Undertaking on Tuesday approved procurement of 900 air-conditioned electric double decker buses on lease for a period of 12 years. The initial tender of 200 buses has been upgraded to 900 buses to be funded under the clean air policy.

Maharashtra has been allotted a total corpus of over Rs 2,000 crore, at the recommendation of the 15th Finance Commission, specifically to address air pollution in the state. The state government has launched the Maharashtra Clean Air Project with this aim.