Olectra Greentech Ltd., a subsidiary of Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd., received an order for 550 electric buses from the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation.
The firm said that this was the single largest order for electric buses in South India.
The order is for 50 standard floor 12-metre intercity coach e-buses and 500 low floor 12-metre intracity e-buses.
The 50 intercity e-buses will ply between Hyderabad in Telangana and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.