The Times of India 24.11.2017
NDMC to buy e-vehicles for CP’s park-and-ride facility
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council plans to buy electric vehicles to be deployed in and around Connaught Place. So far 80 such vehicles have been bought to be used by officials for review.
V K Gautam, director P&I of NDMC, said that after two months, the council would order 25 vehicles to be used for the ‘park and ride’ programme.
“The idea is to try environment-friendly way of transport,” Gautam
said, adding that the buses would be deployed on Outer Circle, mostly
near the multilevel parking lots.
About 3,000-odd cars could be accommodated in parking lots at Shivaji
Stadium, Baba Kharak Singh Marg and Palika Bazar. But on an average,
only 1,000-odd vehicles are parked there.
The plan to pedestrianise Connaught Place was proposed in January this
year, but there were objections by traders. They are being brought on
board, an official said, adding that traffic police’s inputs are also
being taken. All this would take a few months.
The buses would connect Janpath, KG Marg, Baba Kharak Singh Marg,
Minto Road, Chelmsford Road, Panchkuian Road, Barakhamba Road, Sansad
Marg and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg.