Why SMC was denied permission to ply electric buses? Panwar

Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) Deputy Mayor Tikender Panwar today accused Himachal Pradesh Chief minister Virbhadra Singh of meting out step-motherly treatment to citizens of the town by denying permission to the local body to run battery operated buses when the same was granted for Manali region.
"The SMC had in its own wisdom, decided to run battery operated vehicles (BOVs)on four important routes of the town but your government disagreed and did not give permission for the same.
"This is completely unwarranted and loudly speaks about the step motherly treatment to the citizens of Shimla town," Panwar, a senior state CPI(M) leader, wrote to HP CM in a letter.

He said the argument then given by the Chief minister that plying of these BOVs in Shimla was not feasible as these were not covered under the Motor Vehicle Act, "but now this argument does not hold good."
When the authorities in Agra could run BOVs in and around Taj Mahal, why the SMC could not run the same on sealed and restricted roads in Shimla, he asked.
"The Mayor and deputy Mayor of Shimla feel that it is our bounden duty to bring these genuine issues of the people before you and also to rectify your governments misdemeanours which ought to be corrected," the letter added.