Concessions for housing societies, individuals setting up electrical charging stations

With the state government stressing on the need to use electrical vehicles, the urban

development department has come out with a circular announcing concessions for housing societies and individuals setting up electrical charging stations.

A notification issued by the department’s deputy secretary, Kailas Badhan, on August 20 stated that while an individual setting up a charging station and allowing others to use it will get 2 per cent rebate in property tax to be paid to the civic body, a housing society with a charging station will get a five per cent discount.

The notification added that no housing society should use parking space as a charging station and common space must be used for it without causing any trouble to anyone.