- Thane : The Thane Municipal Administration has decided to prepare a new proposal to set up the charging center again and place it on the table of the General Assembly to be held on Friday. According to this new proposal, it is proposed to set up 50 charging centers with private participation. The NMC will charge Re 1 per unit for the total power consumption at the charging stations and this will provide a new source of income to the municipal administration. Maharashtra Electric Vehicle Policy is being implemented by the state government.
According to the policy, the share of electric vehicles in the registration of new vehicles by 2025 will be 10 percent. TMT aims to increase the number of electric buses by 50 percent by 2025. The Municipal Corporation had proposed to set up charging centers in the housing complex to encourage the purchase of electric vehicles. The Thane Municipal Corporation has planned to give relief in property tax to builders of charging centers and the proposal in this regard has also been approved by the General Assembly. After that the municipal administration has decided to set up 50 charging centers in the city with private public participation. In the first phase, the corporation has allotted space to set up 30 charging centres.
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These charging centers will be set up along the populated roads in Thane city under various ward committees. A space of about 4 to 5 meters wide and 20 to 30 meters long will be provided for these charging centers and a list of 30 such places has been decided by the municipality. For these centers, the corporation will provide the space to the concerned organization at the tender rate. The Municipal Administration will charge Re 1 per unit for the total electricity consumption at the charging center and this will provide a new source of income to the Municipal Corporation. Since these centers will be set up through private public participation, no expenditure is going to be incurred by the Municipal Corporation.
List of Divisional Committee Nihi Charging Centers
- Naupada Kopri – Opposite Panchpakhadi Hyundai Service Road, Mental Hospital Chowk, Chikalwadi Junction, Kopargaon,
- Uthasar – Vrindavan Bus Stop, Garbage Lake, Galaxy Road, Saket
- Wagle – Road No. 22, Near Passport Office
- Lokmanya Savarkar – Lokmanya Bus Depot, Pokhran Road No. 1, Devdayanagar Junction
- Vartaknagar-Pokhran Road No. 2, Gandhinagar Junction, Bethany Hospital Turn, Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar Natyagriha, Manpada Junction, Neelkanth Green Chowk,
- Majiwada – Manpada – Suvidha Plot at Anand Nagar Bus Depot, Patlipada, Anand Junction, Lodha, Majiwada URCT, Highland Heaven, Waghbil Junction, Patlipada Road
- Kalwa – Kharegaon 90 Feet Road, Kharegaon Tolnaka, Vitava Jakat Naka, Retibandar
- Mumbra – Near Mumbra Fire Brigade
- Diva – Sheel – Diva Turn Junction at Diva Road, Sheel Fire Brigade