The Delhi Traffic Police has written a letter to the Environment Department suggesting that adequate number of charging stations should be installed in the capital to avoid traffic jams due to malfunctioning of electric vehicles without charging them.
Amid the growing trend of electric vehicles, the Delhi Traffic Police has written to the Environment Department, suggesting that adequate number of charging stations be set up in the capital to avoid traffic jams due to malfunctioning of ‘uncharged’ electric vehicles.
The suggestion comes in response to the government’s draft policy making it mandatory for all aggregators and delivery service providers to include electric vehicles while buying a new fleet.
It said the absence of charging points could lead to traffic jams in the event of “electric vehicles breakdown due to low charge”.
“Therefore, it is suggested that sufficient number of charging points may be installed at various places to ensure smooth movement of traffic in the interest of electric vehicle users,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) SK Singh wrote to the Environment Department.
Rising traffic is a major concern in most of the metro cities of India
A senior environment department official said that a committee would be formed soon to examine the suggestions and comments received from various departments and the general public on the draft policy.
The government had released the draft policy in the Delhi Gazette on February 8, 2022, inviting suggestions and comments from the public within 60 days.
After the policy comes into effect, aggregators and delivery service providers will have to ensure that 10 per cent of their new two-wheelers and five per cent of new four-wheelers are electric in the first three months.
They will also have to ensure that 50 percent of their new two-wheelers and 25 percent of their new four-wheelers are electric by March 2023.
An official said the committee to review the suggestions and comments could be headed by the principal secretary of environment.
There will be one member each from Delhi Pollution Control Committee, Transport Department and Electricity Department.
He said the panel would also have an expert from the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and a representative from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
The Delhi government is making a conscious effort to move towards electric vehicles to reduce air pollution in the capital.
In August 2020, it had introduced the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy which aims to increase the EV share in total vehicle sales to 25 per cent by 2024.
air pollution in delhi
A study conducted by IIT-Kanpur in 2016 showed that the transport sector accounts for 28 per cent of PM2.5 pollution in Delhi and 41 per cent of the total pollution load in the capital.
According to the estimates of the Delhi government, there are about 1.33 crore registered vehicles on the roads of Delhi.
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