Having acquired 100 electric buses and with the target of getting 500 additional buses, the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal (PMT) has begun the task of turning a depot in Bhekrai Nagar. It also aims at beating Bengaluru to become the nation's first city to have stations exclusively for e-buses.

At present, the PMT has cleared a depot in Bhekrai Nagar, which was used to park CNG and diesel buses until three days ago. Now 78 e-buses have been brought to the plot, which will now be converted into an electric bus friendly station with additional charging points.