Chandigarh, November 17
In order to encourage people to move towards electric vehicle (EV) from the conventional ones, the UT Administration has allotted the work to two firms for setting up of charging stations at various locations in the city.
Debendra Dalai, Chief Executive Officer, Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society (CREST), said the work for the establishment of 44 EV charging stations to charge 332 electric vehicles at a time and 26 battery swapping stations for electric vehicles with swappable battery option in different areas of the city had been allotted to two firms. These charging stations would be made operational within three months.