NTPC to setup charging stations for Electric Vehicles

New Delhi, June 4: In order to promote the clean energy transportation, The State-run power giant NTPC going to set up charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) hand has installed first such points at its offices in Delhi and Noida.

The NTPC will also eventually push demand for such vehicles as well as power generated by its plants.

A senior official said on Saturday that NTPC has forayed into EV charging business and started setting up charging stations at multiple locations.

He further said that the first charging station has been set up at NTPC offices in Noida and Delhi with a plan to set up many such charging stations across Delhi/NCR and other cities in near future.

In April, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said: "We are going to introduce electric vehicles in a very big way".

He had also said that the ministry of heavy industries and the NITI Aayog are working on a policy for promoting EVs.

The minister had pointed to the cost factor, saying people would like to buy EVs when they find it cost effective.