One of the biggest barrier to electric vehicles has been the lack of charging stations, butKarnatakawill soon have an answer for this. The public sector electricity supply corporations have started work on opening EV charging centres at important government offices and other places like fuel stations, tourist spots among others.
One of the ambitious announcements made in the state budget 2021-22 is the setting up of 1,000 charging centres for electric vehicles that will be established under the public private PARTNERSHIP. Now, this initiative has been undertaken by the state electricity supply corporations (ESCOMs). For example, in five districts of its jurisdiction Mysuru,Hassan,Kodagu, Mandya, and Chamarajanagar Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Ltd has proposed 150 such centres, while Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited, which has its jurisdictions over four districts i.e. Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagalur, and Shivamogga, has proposed such centres in 170 locations.