POWERGRID makes push for greener future

Gurugram, Sep 7
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), a Maharatna Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Power, has laid down the foundation stone for first ever Electric Vehicle Charging Station (EVCS) in the state of Meghalaya at its office complex in Lapalang, Shillong on September 3.
The foundation stone was laid by A K Thakur, Member Secretary, North Eastern Regional Power Committee (NERPC) in the presence of R K Tyagi, Executive Director, North Eastern Regional Transmission System, POWERGRID, and N Roy, Chief General Manager (I/C), NERLDC, POSOCO.
It may be mentioned that the EVCS are being developed under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles (FAME) India Scheme Phase-II.
Under this scheme, POWERGRID shall be developing 11 EVCS in Shillong (5 Public EVCS and 6 at Government establishments). Each station shall have four 15 kW DC-001 Chargers and one 100 kW CCS-2/CHAdeMO Charger (dual gun) making 66 charging points in Shillong city.
Out of the 11 locations, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for 4 locations which include POWERGRID Office Complex at Lapalang, MTC WareHouse at Demthring, MTC Parking Lot at Police Bazar and Polo Parking Lot at Polo.