20% parking space to be reserved for EVs

5% OF PARKING AREA IN EXISTING BUILDINGS TO HAVE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE

- Snehil Sinha

NEW DELHI: Delhi's Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy 2.0, which is likely to be announced next month, proposed to mandate EV charging points for at least 20% of the parking space in all new buildings, officials aware of the matter said. For older buildings, 5% of the total parking space is to facilitate charging infrastructure for EVs, officials said.

According to the proposal, a copy of which was accessed by HT, new buildings with at least 20 car parking spaces will be issued occupancy certificates (OCs) only if they have at least four (20%) EV charging spaces. Similarly, officials said, a large building having 100 parking spaces will have at least 20 spaces with an EV charging facility, but the rule does not apply to buildings having fewer than 20 parking spaces.