The Town Planning Department has recommended that 20 per cent of the parking slots to be unassigned
Recently the Town Planning Department of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)has proposed the plan to set up electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in all the ward offices.
As per the information,the proposal had been put forth according to the Ministry of Renewable Energy guidelines for electric vehicles. As per the guidelines, the distance between charging stations should not be more than three sq.km,while it may not be feasible to have charging stations in all the 198 ward offices, they hope to establish these stations wherever possible.
Planning and timeline
In January 2019, the department had written to all zonal commissioners and chief engineers to share the GPS locations of the ward offices in their jurisdiction as well as the address and site plans.
It had also been proposed to reserve 20 per cent of the total parking spots in new buildings for the charging of electric vehicles.And as per the revised law,the Town Planning Department has recommended that 20 per cent of the parking slots also be unassigned, so that owners of electric vehicles can avail of this facility.
