Delhi to get 100 more EV-charging stations by June 27

March 14, New Delhi: Power Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday, while addressing a press conference said that the Delhi government will establish 100 new Ev-charging stations by June 27, 2022 across the capital. 71 of them would be at metro stations & rest will be at the prime locations of the capital.

As per Jain, the charge for using the station facility would be “Rs 2 per unit”, which he claimed would be the lowest in India.

“The Delhi government will establish 100 EV-charging stations by June 27th 2022. These smart charging stations will have the lowest service charges in the country at Rs. 2.00 per unit. After the completion of this project, Delhi will have a total of 900 EV charging points,” said Jain.

Our EV policy envisages a charging station per 3 km in the city. Tenders were floated for setting up 100 (e-vehicle) charging stations with 500 charging points. Tenders have been closed, and 100 prime locations have been identified where charging stations will be set up, and 71 of these will be located at metro stations,” Jain said

Jain said, “According to the tender, the stations will be built on a PPP (public-private-partnership) mode, with land, cabling and transmission infrastructure being provided by the government, and equipment and manpower provided by the company.”

The charging stations will be operationalised within three months; The agreements will be signed by April 8 and by June 27 these will become operational, Jain added.

About 400 charging points currently exist in the city & are owned by government and private companies.

Dialogue and Development Commission (DDC) Vice Chairperson Jasmine Shah said, “Now, with 500 more charging points, the number will be more than doubled soon.”