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Given the pollution-free operations planned through introduction of metro rail, the department would explore options for operating electric buses on the routes connecting metro, he added. The emphasis will be on connecting the IT corridor with 29 buses deployed in six routes while 21 new buses will be deployed connecting residential areas with metro stations. The TSRTC was operating 1,700 buses with 70% occupancy ratio on the routes connecting the metro and it was in the process of purchasing 180 buses, some of which had already arrived for effectively linking the metro routes. The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation will introduce 50 buses in 10 routes linking the metro stations to residential areas. Transport Minister P.
Mahender Reddy said the Transport Department officials had visited Mumbai and Bengaluru to study the existing arrangements connecting metro routes and finalised the initial requirement..