One hundred electric vehicle (EV) charging bays are going to be set up at 70 Metro stations and 30 other areas which get high traffic as part of Delhi’s push to make a transition away from petrol and diesel vehicles. Building bye-laws will also be amended, mandating that commercial areas with a capacity to park more than 100 cars reserve 5 per cent of their space for charging bays. Associations, malls and others will receive government subsidy for this.
On March 12, Delhi’s power department had announced that to promote Delhi’s EV policy and build infrastructure for it, 500 charging points — or 100 charging bays with the capacity to charge five vehicles each — will be set up across the city.
