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In a bid to promote a sustainable environment, the world`s highest electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated in Kaza of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.

Speaking to ANI, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Kaza Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) said, "This is the world`s highest electric vehicle charging station at 500 ft in Kaza. It is the first station here. If the station gets a good response, more stations would be set up. It will also help to check vehicular pollution. The magistrate further said that two women drove electric vehicles from Manali to Kaza in order to promote a clean and green environment."

"Today, two women have come from Manali to Kaza on the electric vehicle to promote a sustainable environment. The weather nowadays is changing abruptly due to an increase in air pollution and the emission of gases from vehicles is one of the main causes of this pollution," he added.

Further, one of the women who rode an electric vehicle from Manali to Kaza said that all the products including chargers in this station are made in India.

"All the products are made in India here and we travelled from Manali to Kaza to promote sustainable energy. Also, there is a myth that we can not cover long-distance journeys on electric vehicles. So, we both wanted to prove it wrong by riding these electric scooters today from Manali. We had a very comfortable journey," the woman added.

Congratulating both the women for completing their journey to Kaza, the SDM appealed to everybody to promote electric vehicles for a clean and green environment.

In a bid to promote a sustainable environment, the world`s highest electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated in Kaza of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.

In a bid to promote a sustainable environment, the world`s highest electric vehicle charging station was inaugurated in Kaza of Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. Speaking to ANI, Mahendra Pratap Singh, Kaza Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) said, "This is the world`s highest electric vehicle charging station at 500 ft in Kaza. It is the first station here. If the station gets a good response, more stations would be set up. It will also help to check vehicular pollution. The magistrate further said that two women drove electric vehicles from Manali to Kaza in order to promote a clean and green environment." "Today, two women have come from Manali to Kaza on the electric vehicle to promote a sustainable environment. The weather nowadays is changing abruptly due to an increase in air pollution and the emission of gases from vehicles is one of the main causes of this pollution," he added. Further, one of the women who rode an electric vehicle from Manali to Kaza said that all the products including chargers in this station are made in India. "All the products are made in India here and we travelled from Manali to Kaza to promote sustainable energy. Also, there is a myth that we can not cover long-distance journeys on electric vehicles. So, we both wanted to prove it wrong by riding these electric scooters today from Manali. We had a very comfortable journey," the woman added. Congratulating both the women for completing their journey to Kaza, the SDM appealed to everybody to promote electric vehicles for a clean and green environment.

World’s highest electric vehicle charging station inaugurated in India’s northern Himachal state

In a bid to give a push to clean mobility, the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises on Friday approved the sanction of 2,636 charging stations in 62 cities across 24 States and Union Territories across the country.

In a bid to give a push to clean mobility, the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises on Friday approved the sanction of 2,636 charging stations in 62 cities across 24 States and Union Territories across the country. The Ministry sanctioned the charging stations in 62 cities submitted by 19 public entities under the phase II of FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India) scheme. "By installing all these charging stations, it is expected that at least one charging station will be available in most of the selected cities in a grid of 4 km x 4 km, which will boost the confidence of users of electric vehicles in terms of range anxiety," Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Prakash Javadekar said in a statement. He said that it will also encourage the Original equipment manufacturer (OEMs) to launch the new electric vehicle models which they were hesitant because of lack of charging infrastructure. "Out of these 2,636 charging stations, 1,633 charging stations will be fast-charging stations and 1,003 will be slow charging stations. With this, about 14,000 numbers of chargers will be installed across the selected cities," the statement said. According to the statement, 317 electric vehicles charging stations have been allotted for Maharashtra, 266 for Andhra Pradesh, 256 Tamil Nadu, 228 Gujarat, 205 Rajasthan, 207 Uttar Pradesh, 172 Karnataka, 159 Madhya Pradesh, 141 West Bengal, 138 Telangana, 131 Kerala, 72 Delhi, 70 Chandigarh, 50 Haryana, 40 Meghalaya, 37 Bihar, 29 Sikkim. Twenty-five electric vehicles charging stations have also been allotted for each Jammu and Srinagar and Chandigarh while 20 stations will come up in Assam, 18 in Odisha and 10 each in Uttarakhand, Puducherry and Himachal Pradesh. The statement said that the sanction letters will be issued to the selected entities in phases after ensuring the availability of land for charging stations and signing of necessary agreements with concerned partner organisations.

Centre sanctions 2,636 charging stations in 62 cities across 24 States, UTs

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