Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
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ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

Posted On: 24 JUL 2024 2:01PM by PIB Delhi

The State-wise details of 5293 Electric Vehicle charging stations established along National Highways is given at Annexure -A. This includes 4729 EV Charging Stations set up under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas at an expenditure of Rs. 178 Crore.

In addition, Ministry of Heavy Industries has set up a target of 5833 EV charging stations along Highways out of total 7432 EV charging stations through three Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG). The state wise list of these 5833 EV charging stations is given in Annexure-B. A capital subsidy of Rs. 800 Crore has been provided to these Oil Companies towards establishment of 7432 EV charging stations.

 

At present, Government has not planned to set up any Power Station alongside National Highways for the aforesaid EV charging stations.

Annexure-A

 

State/UTs

Number of EV charging Stations on National Highways

Andaman & Nicobar

1

Andhra Pradesh

249

Arunachal Pradesh

30

Assam

147

Bihar

96

Chhattisgarh

116

Delhi

10

Goa

33

Gujarat

259

Haryana

284

Himachal Pradesh

68

Jammu & Kashmir

60

Jharkhand

87

Karnataka

300

Kerala

138

Ladakh

2

Maharashtra

750

Manipur

27

Meghalaya

35

Mizoram

8

Madhya Pradesh

231

Nagaland

13

Odisha

189

Pondicherry

2

Punjab

195

Rajasthan

482

Sikkim

3

Tamil Nadu

369

Telangana

221

Tripura

24

Uttar Pradesh

577

Uttarakhand

79

West Bengal

208

Grand Total

5293

 

Annexure B

 

State

Number of Charges on Highway

Andhra Pradesh

319

Arunachal Pradesh

5

Assam

59

Bihar

139

Chandigarh

5

Chhattisgarh

70

Delhi

25

Goa

24

Gujarat

420

Haryana

261

Himachal Pradesh

53

Jammu & Kashmir

72

Jharkhand

105

Karnataka

471

Kerala

189

Madhya Pradesh

231

Maharashtra

659

Manipur

1

Meghalaya

27

Mizoram

7

Nagaland

6

Odisha

190

Pondicherry

16

Punjab

272

Rajasthan

439

Sikkim

1

Tamil Nadu

649

Telangana

244

Tripura

1

Uttar Pradesh

525

Uttarakhand

27

West Bengal

321

Grand Total

5,833

 

This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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