Chandigarh, 15 March: Today, the Governor Punjab & Administrator UT Chandigarh, Shri Banwarilal Purohit inaugurated a 3 day Exhibition (from 15 to 17 March) organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) on “Electric vehicle & Renewable Energy Expo” with a tag line “petrol diesel ka challenge karlo EV se balance” at Exhibition Ground, Sector-34, Chandigarh.
Chandigarh, 15 March: Today, the Governor Punjab & Administrator UT Chandigarh, Shri Banwarilal Purohit inaugurated a 3 day Exhibition (from 15 to 17 March) organized by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) on “Electric vehicle & Renewable Energy Expo” with a tag line “petrol diesel ka challenge karlo EV se balance” at Exhibition Ground, Sector-34, Chandigarh.
On this occasion, Sh. Banwarilal Purohit said that said that electric vehicles (EV) play a major role in curbing the pollution and make the environment better. People of Chandigarh have now started buying electric vehicles and Chandigarh is on the path to become a pollution free city and 53 charging stations will be established at different places in Chandigarh by March 31st. The Chandigarh Administration has accelerated the campaign to install electric vehicle chargers, due to which the charging stations installed by March 31 will become active.
He said that in the future, the number of charging stations will be increased as the number of electric vehicles increase in city. Sh. Purohit shared that in the last few years, the Chandigarh forest cover has increased by 9 percent. He said that the beauty of Chandigarh is its greenery and if we see Chandigarh with a drone, then the whole city looks green, that's why it is called City Beautiful.
Sh. Purohit said that the Chandigarh administration launched its Electric Vehicle Policy in September 2022, with a vision to make Chandigarh a 'Model EV City' by achieving one of the highest penetrations of zero-emission vehicles among all Indian cities. Our target is to see 70% of all new vehicle registrations in the Union Territory as EVs by the end of 2027. He said that in Chandigarh 80 Electric buses are running and 100 more buses will be launched soon to prevent the fossil fuel.
Sh. TC Nautiyal, Secretary, Science and Technology, Chandigarh Administration said that people inclination towards electric vehicles (EV) is increasing in the city. Chandigarh tops the country in EV adoption. He said that till now Rs 18.66 crore has been given as subsidy to those who want to buy EV vehicles.
Shri Madhu Sudan VIJ Chair Chandigarh Chapter PHDCCI said that this three-day expo has been organized by the Chamber so that people can see many types of electric vehicles under one roof. On this occasion, Navneet Srivastava (IFS), CEO of Chandigarh Renewal Energy and Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST), expressed his gratitude to the guests and said that various schemes are being run by the department to promote solar energy. PHDCCI Punjab Chapter Chairman R.S. Sachdeva shared that this is the second event of the chamber. It will expand in future. On this occasion, Bharti Sood, PHDCCI Regional Director, Parv Arora, Convener, Regional Renewal Energy Committee PHDCCI, Bhupinder Singh Project Manager CREST, Rajesh Khosla, Deepak Pandey and many other dignitaries were present.
