New Delhi: TCIL, a Mini Ratna Category-1 status company under the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, with the support of SDMC, has launched the first e-vehicle charging station in the South Delhi area at South Extension Part. It was inaugurated by Meenakshi Lekhi, Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture in the presence of Sanjeev Kumar, CMD, TCIL and other dignitaries of the area.

This e-vehicle charging station is the first one in a series of 65 e-charging stations to be set up by TCIL in progressive manner in the next four months in the South Delhi area within easy reach of citizens of Delhi. Each charging station can charge six two, three, four wheeler vehicles at a time.

The charging stations are equipped with CCTV surveillance and wi-fi facility for use by the common public. It is also powered by a 6 kW solar panel. The e-vehicle charging station will help in popularizing use of e-vehicle and in reducing pollution in the metro city of Delhi. /BI/