The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) for the installation of charging stations and battery swapping stations at  locations finalised by the DTC.

The agreement was signed by Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Managing Director of DTC and Saurabh Kumar, Chairman of CESL on Tuesday in the presence of Transport Minister of Delhi, Kailash Gahlot. CESL is a subsidiary of State-owned Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of public sector companies under the Ministry of Power, Government of India.

As per the directions of the signed MoU, EESL through its subsidiary organisation CESL has agreed to procure, instal, operate and maintain charging units and related infrastructure at the location chosen by the DTC.

The charges for usage of location of the DTC shall be paid by CESL to the organisation every month at the rate of `1.00 per kWh of energy dispensed.

If the space required by the concessionaire is more than 3 ECS (Equivalent Car Space) then `2,000 extra would be levied per ECS per month.  Initially, the contract period is for 10 years. As per Terms and Conditions, the CESL will start work immediately and shall endeavour to finish the installation of all stations in the next 4 months.

After the location assessment survey at various DTC locations, Dwarka sector-8, Dwarka sector 2 Depot, Mehrauli Terminal, Nehru Place Terminal, Okhla CW-II, Sukhdev Vihar Depot and Kalkaji Depot have been identified jointly by DTC and EESL for the setting up of Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Battery Swapping Stations.

Each of the seven locations will have a total of six charging points each, 3 of which will be for two and three wheelers and three points for four wheelers. Once installed, these locations with their real-time status and availability of charging points will also be available on the ONE DELHI App of the Delhi Government.