Summary:
Last year, a team of transport department had visited Nagpur to study charging stations set up in different parts of the city. The UT administration is already working on promoting hybrid and electric vehicles. Nagpur was the first city in the country to have electric vehicle charging stations.Chandigarh has the highest density of vehicles in India with around 12 lakh registered vehicles, including both two-wheelers and four-wheelers. The ministry of urban development has given a green light to CTU to purchase 20 buses in the first phase. One bus will cost around Rs 5 crore and the Central government has agreed to fund 60% of the cost of these electric buses..