Pune: After the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) in December 2022 announced that it would set up e-charging stations at 500 locations across the city, tenders have recently been floated for the first phase of setting up 86 out of these 500 e-charging stations. Whereas 15 out of the 86 e-charging stations have already been set up at strategic locations.
According to the PMC electrical department, e-charging stations have been set up at 15 places including Savarkar Bhavan, Ganesh Kala and Sports Centre, Bibwewadi ward office, P L Deshpande Udyan, Ghole Road ward office, Tilak Road ward office, Peshwa Park, Gultekdi Parking, Navloba Parking, and the PMC main building. Each e-charging station has charging points for two two-wheelers and one four-wheeler. Citizens have to pay online to avail the e-charging facility. Both fast charging and slow charging options are available.
