North MCD proposal: An EV charging station, battery swap point every 3km
North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Thursday approved a proposal to set up e-charging and battery swapping stations for electric vehicles (EVs) at every three kilometres. This comes months after the Delhi government notified the Delhi electric vehicle policy, 2020, to reduce air pollution and to kick-start the economy by spurring demand.
The Delhi government aims to register at least five lakh EVs in Delhi in the next five years for which it decided to set up EV charging stations at every 3 kms.
On Wednesday, the north MCD became the first of the three civic bodies in Delhi to endorse the guideline mandated under the EV policy. Maximum number of EV charging stations will come up in areas under north MCD. Cumulatively the three corporations – North (127), East (93) and South (75) – will develop 295 public e-charging stations across the city in the next one year.
