The double-decker bus craze now seems to be catching on. The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) has placed orders for one 10-metre air-conditioned double-decker electric bus for the twin city.

A senior official said that the electric bus will be 65-seater and a charging station will be installed at one of the bus depots. At present, the NMMT has around 150 electric buses. This week, the BEST undertaking in Mumbai had also announced the procurement of 900 electric double-decker buses to be taken on rent for 12 years. The work order states that the bus shall be entirely brand new (the chassis used for fabrication of fully built bus should be new and not manufactured earlier than four months from the date of purchase order of fully built bus) and of the best quality and workmanship and would be procured along with the erection of charging station.