Myanmar to introduce electric bus for public transport in big cities


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YANGON: Myanmar is set to introduce electric buses in major cities, including Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw, an official from the country's Ministry of Industry said on Tuesday (March 19).

"We are now working on the introduction of electric buses. Some electric buses will arrive in Myanmar by June. Then, the operations are slated to commence this year," Daw Myat Mon Thein, a deputy general manager from the Ministry of Industry, told Xinhua.

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