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PMPML's All-Green Bus Fleet & Command Control Centre

Revision 2026-08-27-source-dating · effective 2026-08-02

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of 6 claims mapped
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source dossiers
1
publication dates recorded
0
archives linked
0
exact locators
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content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-a917477ff4459df9 quantitative
Buses are tracked via a GPS-based Automatic Vehicle Location System feeding a Transport Command and Control Centre, in place since the 2015 Rainbow BRTS expansion, monitoring routes, schedules and breakdowns in real time
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The ITDP account describes the Rainbow BRTS features including GPS-enabled bus tracking (AVLS), and states PMPML established a Transport Command and Control Centre to monitor performance and service levels, in the section covering the 2015 expansion.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ITDP India (research)
Claim 2 clm-0381aadcb0fe7387 quantitative
PMPML runs roughly 400 electric buses, part of a fleet that, by 2022, had gone entirely CNG-and-electric
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The ITDP account covers PMPML's electric fleet and the shift away from diesel; the corporation's site is the municipal reference for the operator.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ITDP India (research)
  2. Pune Municipal Corporation (authority)
Claim 3 clm-770618dd80d8b8c4 quantitative
ITDP India, a technical partner to PMPML on the e-bus procurement, gives a 12-metre e-bus at 1.3 kWh/km against 2.82 kWh/km for diesel and 2.89 kWh/km for CNG
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The account states it provided technical support as required for the procurement of electric buses, and gives a 12-metre e-bus consuming 1.3 kWh per km against 2.82 kWh/km for diesel and 2.89 kWh/km for CNG.
Caveat
Presented in the source as established knowledge about the vehicle class, not as a measurement of PMPML's fleet.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ITDP India (research)
Claim 4 clm-f2e787aa63cc62bf quantitative
reports that the e-buses matched CNG performance while recording fewer cancelled kilometres and that a passenger survey found 75% preferred them for ride quality, air conditioning and lower noise
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The account states e-buses have matched the performance of CNG buses while recording fewer cancelled kilometres, and that a passenger survey revealed 75% preferred commuting on e-buses for ride quality, air conditioning and reduced noise.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ITDP India (research)
Claim 5 clm-8a8c38e3bc3302cf descriptive
The source introduces them with "as it is well established now" — they describe the vehicle class, and the organisation publishing them supported the procurement they justify
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The consumption comparison is introduced with that phrase, and the same text states the organisation provided technical support for the electric-bus procurement.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ITDP India (research)
Claim 6 clm-460e0d7c8fa82332 quantitative
the command centre was built in 2015 for the Rainbow BRTS, with GPS bus tracking, off-board ticketing and passenger information, and the electric fleet arrived years later on top of an operations layer that already existed
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The account places the command centre and the BRTS features in the 2015 expansion and the electric-bus procurement years afterwards.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. ITDP India (research)

Source dossiers and revision state

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of 6 claims mapped
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publication dates recorded
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML)
Actor types
utility
Funding model
mixed
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

2 source dossiers

Pune Municipal Corporation (authority) pmc.gov.in · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-34849475662f6394
Publisher
Name not classified · pmc.gov.in
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The city corporation's site. The page states no publication date.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
ITDP India (research) itdp.in · 6 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-445c50dbed6167f6
Publisher
Name not classified · itdp.in
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-04-21
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-02
Dossier created
2026-08-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

An account by the organisation that provided technical support to PMPML on the electric-bus procurement.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.