National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is developing Wayside Amenities (WSA) across Highways and Expressways. Provision of e-vehicle charging station has been made a mandatory facility across all Wayside Amenities sites to be developed, since February 2021. Presently, 07 No.'s of operational WSA facilities are equipped with EV charging stations. The details of these Wayside Amenities are provided in the Annexure.

As per data provided by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), total 43 no. of Public Charging Stations (PCS) are currently reported to be operational on 16 National Highways across the country.

Wayside Amenities are to be developed at regular intervals of 30-40 km across Brownfield National Highways and Greenfield Expressways. In addition to 07 No.’s WSA facilities, EV charging stations are provisioned for another 137 WSA facilities awarded till date.

 

ANNEXURE

DETAILS OF 07 No.’s WSA FACILITIES EQUIPPED WITH EV CHARGING STATIONS
S.No.	Region	State	NH No.	Site Description	Land Area (Ha.)
1	North	Uttar Pradesh	19	Kurgaon, Allahabad Bypass NH2	1.2
2	South	Andhra Pradesh	16	Gowravaram/AP	4.65
3	South	Andhra Pradesh	716	Vallur/AP	9.6
4	South	Karnataka	40	NH04_46.700+46.900_LHS_Yedehalli_Karnataka	2.22
5	West	Rajasthan	48	NH-48/20.057+20.357/RHS/Jaipur/Rajasthan/ Srigovindpura	4.5
6	West	Rajasthan	48	NH-48/20+432           to            20+732/LHS/Jaipur Bypass/Rajasthan/Bilouchi	4.5
7	South	Tamil Nadu	135	NH 7/61+130/LHS/Chinnar/Krishnagiri/TN	4.06

 

This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

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