Odisha / Hyderabad – PPS Motors Pvt Ltd, a dealer of BharatBenz buses, headquarters in Hyderabad, is to deliver 300 BharatBenz branded buses (built by Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd) to the Odisha Government as part of the Location Accessible Multimodal Initiative (LAccMI)¹, an initiative of Odisha Government to promote sustainable and economical transport. The first 63 units were delivered last month.

¹The ‘Location Accessible Multi-modal Initiative’ (LAccMI) plan, which aims to promote sustainable and economical transport, received approval from the Odisha Cabinet on Friday, September 16, 2023. The state government of Odisha has set forth to offer dependable and reasonably priced public transit throughout the state, with a focus on rural areas, as public transport in the state has failed to gain traction. According to the State Commerce and Transport Department, the programme is to create a continuous public transportation network throughout the state at affordable prices. In the first three years of the bus service, from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026, the project’s cost is projected to be around USD380m.