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NDMC approves proposal for setting up more EV charging stations in Lutyens’ Delhi

Updated: May 25, 2023 04:52:57pm
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NDMC approves proposal for setting up more EV charging stations in Lutyens’ Delhi

New Delhi, May 25 (KNN) The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday approved the proposal for setting up more EV charging stations in Lutyens' Delhi to promote eco-friendly transport, according to an official statement.

NDMC in a council meeting also approved a plan to set up an EV charging station in NDMC Area under the national Electric Mobility Program wherein memorandum of understanding (MoUs) would be signed with the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), the statement said.

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These PSUs are Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL) a "Mini Ratna" central public sector enterprise under the Ministry of Heavy Industries, KELTRON a Kerala government undertaking under the Kerala state electronics development corporation limited, HLL Infra Tech Services Ltd, a subsidiary of HLL Life Care Limited, an enterprise for exploring and providing seamless facilities across the NDMC area.

The council also gave a nod to the project for revamping the sub-transmission and distribution network to improve the quality and reliability of power supply to consumers and to ensure a financially and operationally efficient distribution sector.

“The Project for revamping of Sub-Transmission & Distribution Network including feeders, distribution transformers and boundary metering under reforms-based and result linked, revamped distribution sector scheme (RDSS) for the NDMC area was approved by the council," the NDMC said in a statement.

It added that the benefits of the project include a reduction of technical and commercial losses from existing above 15 per cent to below 12 per cent, improved infrastructure of distribution company, reliability of power supply, reduction in outage time and monitoring of load demand.

In order to strengthen the functioning of the civil department with greater efficiency, the council also approved the revival of 27 posts of executive engineer in the civil engineering department to enable for filling up the said post on promotion from assistant engineer, the statement added.  (KNN Bureau)

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