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NDMC to buy e-vehicles for CP’s park-and-ride facility

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The Times of India     24.11.2017 

NDMC to buy e-vehicles for CP’s park-and-ride facility

Pilot run: New Delhi Municipal Council has got 80 electric vehicles to be used by officials for review

 

Pilot run: New Delhi Municipal Council has got 80 electric vehicles to be used by officials for review
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council plans to buy electric vehicles to be deployed in and around Connaught Place. So far 80 such vehicles have been bought to be used by officials for review.

V K Gautam, director P&I of NDMC, said that after two months, the council would order 25 vehicles to be used for the 'park and ride' programme.

"The idea is to try environment-friendly way of transport," Gautam said, adding that the buses would be deployed on Outer Circle, mostly near the multilevel parking lots.

About 3,000-odd cars could be accommodated in parking lots at Shivaji Stadium, Baba Kharak Singh Marg and Palika Bazar. But on an average, only 1,000-odd vehicles are parked there.

The plan to pedestrianise Connaught Place was proposed in January this year, but there were objections by traders. They are being brought on board, an official said, adding that traffic police's inputs are also being taken. All this would take a few months.

The buses would connect Janpath, KG Marg, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Minto Road, Chelmsford Road, Panchkuian Road, Barakhamba Road, Sansad Marg and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg.