Seven EV charging stations to be set up in Bhubaneswar soon
Bhubaneswar : Seven EV charging stations will be set up in the capital city Bhubaneswar soon for the development of a robust electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.
Official sources said seven EV Charging stations will be set up in the city in the first phase and later more such facilities would be installed.
The decision to set up the EV Charging stations was taken at a virtual meeting held under the chairmanship of BMC Commissioner-cum-CEO Bhubaneswar Smart City Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Market leaders in EV infrastructure in India, i.e. General Manager (EV & EV Charging Infrastructure) Energy Efficiency Services Limited N Mohan, Head (EV & Home Automation Business) Tata Power Company Limited Sandeep Bangia, senior officials from the state Energy and Commerce and Transport Department , CEO Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited M. Shenbagam, Sinha, Odisha Principal Chief Electrical Inspector Santosh Das, General Manager Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited Kamaljit Das were among others present at the meeting.
The meeting decided to set up two charging stations at KIIT area,
Two near Esplande mall , Rasulgarh, one each at SUM Hospital , DN Regalia and Krishna Plaza CRP Square .
The meeting discussed about the EV charging stations to be built across the city to be used by public and the public transport vehicles in near future.
The priority on selection of locations would be given mainly to malls, public parking lots, hotels, residential complexes, work places and highways. It is learnt that the city is going to add a fleet of electric buses to its public transport network.
