100 electric vehicle charging stations will be installed at various metro stations, bus depots, and other locations throughout the national capital as part of the Delhi government’s flagship initiative. Together with representatives from the electricity department, the project was examined by Delhi Power Minister Atishi on Thursday.
Atishi instructed the electricity department’s staff and Delhi Transco Ltd. (DTL) representatives to proactively handle any problems that arise during the installation of EV charging stations in order to have 50 of them operational by the end of April and 100 by the end of July.
She directed the officials to expedite the work and complete it within the stipulated timelines. She further said that “the efforts of the Kejriwal government have made Delhi emerge as the electric vehicle (EV) capital of the country in recent years. In this direction, the government is establishing 100 EV charging stations across the city to strengthen Delhi’s EV charging infrastructure.”
“With this project, there would be an excellent and convenient EV charging infrastructure in every part of the city, where the cost of charging per unit will be the lowest not only in the country but also in the world. People will have to spend less than Rs 3 per unit for EV charging,” She added.
As a result of the government’s initiatives, Atishi claimed that the capital sold the highest percentage of electric vehicles in the nation—16.7%—of all vehicles sold in December 2022.
“Now that the demand for electric vehicles is increasing so rapidly among people in Delhi, we are building 100 electric vehicle charging stations in the capital to ensure that people have enough charging stations available around them and do not face any problems related to charging,” the Minister said.
Interestingly, the Delhi government is building all of these charging stations under a public-private partnership (PPP) approach. The government released the biggest tender the nation had ever seen in this industry last year. According to the official statement, the cost of charging each unit at these charging stations is even less than Rs 3 per unit.
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