Himachal Pradesh is taking steps to reform the state’s transport sector with innovative ideas and will introduce a new electric vehicle policy, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri said on Monday.
Agnihotri test-drove an electric vehicle from the Secretariat and inquired about its technical aspects and said positive efforts would be made to radically change the transport sector. Discussions are being held at various levels to introduce the new policy, he said.
The government will take appropriate steps to provide charging facilities. ”In the initial phase, this facility will be provided in various government institutions, including the Secretariat and at Himachal Sadan and bhawans outside the state,” he said. A fleet of electric vehicles will be inducted in the Transport department soon and necessary instructions have already been issued to the transport director.