Over a year after announcing its grand plan of procuring only electric vehicles (EVs), the civic body has taken an about-turn and decided to rent CNG cars now, citing unavailability. The new tenders to lease EVs have failed to evoke any response, said the BMC, which has just on electric car in its fleet.

The state government in 2021 made a policy, making it mandatory for every government agency to buy or rent only EVs for their fleet from April 2022.