To check pollution e-car introduced in secretariat

DAINIK NATION BUREAU

The representative of Union Government enterprise, Energy Efficient Services Limited (EESL) handed over a key of first electric car to Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh at a function held secretariat on Monday.  Secretary (Finance) Amit Negi took a test drive of the car. Chief Secretary said that emission of carbon dioxide would be lesser through E-vehicle. It would be introduced in the state in a phased manner to check pollution and manufacturing cost. A fleet of 20 vehicles would be received from EESL in the first phase.

Secretary (Power) Radhika Jha informed that EESL would charge a fare of Rs 38,000 per month including driver’s cost. She said Rs 15 per day would be the cost per day to charge one vehicle. The vehicle would be run at a cost of Rs 28 paisa per kilometre and the car would run 140 km when fully charged. It may be recalled that Union Government has set a target to launch 60-70,000 electric vehicles by 2020 and national electric mobility plan has been launched for it.  With the use of electric vehicles instead of internal combustion engine vehicles, the import of crude oil would be decreased which would finally lesser the financial burden on the government.  The carbon footprint would be also controlled and the carbon dioxide emission would also decrease by a total of 5.6 lakh tonne. State Estate Officer Vinay Shankar Pandey, Director (UREDA) Arun Tyagi were present on the occasion.