Bengaluru Plans to Set Up 120 Electric Charging Points
With the increasing demand and manufacturing of electric vehicles, it has been planned that Bengaluru will have electric charging points over 120 locations in the city including IT parks and shopping malls.
The brainchild of the Transport Department and the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) is anticipated to accelerate up the use of electric vehicles. Currently, Bengaluru has around 74 lakh vehicles that depend on fossil fuels.
“Electric charging points will be set up in 124 places such as metro stations, airport, BDA complexes, software parks and shopping malls. We are yet to decide where exactly these charging points will come up on these campuses,” a Bescom official, who is in charge of the project said.
The same person stated that the project would take about six month...