Electronics City authority to build bus stops with solar rooftops, WiFi

The Electronics City Town Planning Authority (Elcita), which operates shuttle buses and provides free transport services within its jurisdiction to reduce private vehicles, is working on building 10 new bus stops with enhanced features.

The solar roof-topped bus stops will have public information display boards flashing bus and metro train timings, public WiFi, emergency phone booths, health kiosk and other facilities. They will also be fitted with rainwater harvesting apparatus.

Depending on space availability at the bus stops, officials are thinking about installing electric vehicle charging points. They said the bus stops will benefit passengers of BMTC-run buses besides those using shuttle services.