GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (HTRA HTAR)

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( HATCT)

(RAILWAY BOARD) ad as)
2021/EEM/150/3(EV) New Delhi, Dated: 07.10.2022

General Managers Director General, RDs0, Lucknow

All Indian Railways &
Production units

General Manager(Const)NF Rly., Guwahati

General Manager, CORE, Allahabad
Director General, NAIR, Vadodara

Sub: Policy for promotion E-Mobility in Indian Railways.

Ref: i) Railway Board Letter No.-2021/BEM/150/3(EV) date-07.12.2021.
i) Railway Board vide letter No-2011/Elect(G)/150/3(DUP) dt. 21.08.2019

Government of India (Gol) has identified promotion of Electric Vehicles (EVs) as a major step
tOwards decarbonization of the transportation sector and to reduce demand for petroleum products and has
Taken a slew of initiatives to encourage large scale EV adoption.

. Indian Railways (IR) aims to achieve net zero carbon emission by 2030. With an aim to reduce the
carbon footprint of end-to-end journey of passengers and IR officials, IR is taking an initiative to promote
e-mobility at IR in line with Government of India (GO)'s vision to promote adoption of e-mobility in the
country.

3. Railway Board vide reference-ii) above, has earlier advised Zonal Railways for setting up of
public E-vehicle charging stations at Railway Stations and Railway office complexes. Further, vide
reference-i) above, Zonal Railways/PU's were advised to shift to E-Vehicles for office use.

4. In continuation of this, now for promotion of E-mobility in Indian Railways, a comprehensive

policy has been prepared. In the Policy, two pronged strategy has been proposed for proliferation of E
Mobility in Indian Railways. Firstly, adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Railways in which timelines
for replacement of ICE vehicles with E-Vehicles in diferent offices of IR has been laid down. Secondly.
installation of
proliferation of affordable and accessible charging infrastructure in which timelines for
Different
charging infrastructure in Railway Office Complexes and Railway Stations has been given.
models for establishment of charging infrastructure have also been detailed.

to achieve the
Accordingly, all Zonal Railways are advised to chalk out the action plan
timelines mentioned in the policy and apprise the Board's office within 15 days of issuing this policy.

MF and Chairman & CEO)

This issue with the approval of Board (MT&RS, MO&BD,

(SumeetSinghf
o22 (Diwaker Kumar)
Joint Director Elect. Engg. (PS)
Director Traffic Commercial (G)
Railway Board
Railway Board Phone:011-23389112
Emai-rbelectricaleem@[Link]
Unsolicited
Indian Railways, NINFRIS and Policy
on
DAs: Policy for Promoting E-Mobility in
Proposals.
 Dated:07.10.2022
2021/EEM/150/3(EV)
Copy to:

PCCM Al Zonal Railways & PUs for kind information and necessary action.

(Sumo/n

(Sumeet Singh)
Director Traffic Commercial (G)
Railway Board

Copy to the following for information and necessary action:

1. PCEE All Zonal Railways & PUs.

2. PCEE/CORE, Allahabad.
3. ED/EM, RDSO, Lucknow.
4. Directors, IRICEN/Pune, IRIEEN/Nasik, IRISET/Secunderabad, IRIMEE/Jamalpur.

(Diwaker Kumar)
Joint Director Elect. Engg. (PS)
Railway Board
Phone:011-23389112
Email-rbelectricaleem@[Link]

Copy also to: DME/C&IS with a request to upload on Railway website under "Circulars" head
of EEM Dte.
 Policy for promoting E-Mobility in Indian Railways
. Introduction

a. Government of India (Gol) has identified

promotion of Electric Vehicles (EVs) as a
major step towards decarbonization of the transportation sector and reduces demand for
petroleum products, and has taken a slew of initiatives to encourage large scale EV
adoption. The phase-ll of the subsidy scheme, viz., Faster Adoption and
of hybrid and Electric vehicles in India Manufacturing
(FAME) is a marquee intervention of the central
government that aims to reduce the cost of EV acquisition and promote swift EV
adoption in the country. Further to promote accessible and robust network of EV
charging infrastructure, Ministry of Power (MoP)- Gol had issued guidelines on
infrastructure (latest revision on date-14th charging
MoP has recommended setting
January, 2022). The guidelines issued by the
up of at least one public EV charging station in a 3X3 km
grid in a city and one charging station at every 25 km on both sides
ofhighways
or roads.

b. Indian Railways (IR) aims to achieve net zero carbon emission by 2030. To achieve this,
IR has undertaken several initiatives like 100%
electrification of broad gauge railway
tracks, sourcing of green renewable power, reduction in
an aim to reduce the carbon
energy consumption, etc. With
footprint of end-to-end journey of passengers and IR
officials, IR is taking an initiative to promote e-mobility at IR in line with Government of
India (GO1)'s vision to
promote adoption of e-mobility in the country.
C. Indian Railways (IR), with its vast network of operations is
important role in taking forward Go>'s mission of EV promotion,ideally
suited to play an
specifically creating an
infrastructure of EV charging across the country. IR's vast number of
buildings, and other assets act as important interfaces with other modes stations, office
of travel
including road transport. These assets can be equipped with charging solutions for EV
users.

d. Under this policy, IR intends to

i. Proliferate use of EVs over IR.

11.
Support development of Electric Vehicles (EVs) charging infrastructure at
Railway stations and IR office complexes.
2. Adoption of EVs
a. IR intends to replace its existing fleet of (owned / hired /
1leased) Internal Combustion
Engine (ICE) cars used by IR employees with EVs across the
country.
. Initially, it is proposed to phase out all ICE vehicles in Railway Board, Zonal offices,
Production units, Workshops within a time span of three years.
 Plan for adoption of EVs
Timeline
Target for installing EV Chargingstations
20% of ICE vehicle are proposed to be phased out in all office
Phase December 2023
complexes mentioned in point-(i) above.
Phase II: 60% of ICE vehicle are proposed to be phased out in all ofice December 2024
complexes mentioned in point-) above
Phase Il1: 100% of ICE vehicle are proposed to be phased out in all office December 2025
complexes mentioned inpoint-(i) above
i .Phasing out of ICE inspection vehicles in divisional offices and attached units is not
made mandatory in the initial phase (first 3 years) as they are required by officials for frequent
inspections of far flung remote areas also where adequate charging infrastructure may not be
available during this period. However, unit heads may encourage adoption of EVs in these
offices based on feasibility.

3.
Affordable and accessiblecharginginfrastructure
a. IR shall identify and demarcate parking spaces in its office complexes and stations to be
used for EV charging facilities. These can be updated from time to time.

b. Charging Point Operators (CPOs) shall be invited to setup EV charging stations at

various IR establishments.

c. Parking fee for the use of charging infrastructure shall be applicable as per the Parking
fee decided by IR.

d. CPOs shall ensure access to all compatible EV owners and shall have a mobile
application for EV users to locate and book the chargers and pay for charging services
digitally. IR, in future, may also explore integrating the CPO's mobile application with its
own mobile application.

e. The chargers shall be installed as per the safety guidelines issued by Central Electricity
Authority or other competent agency/department of Government of India (Gol).

[Link] Intends to install EV Chargers as per the timelines given in the table below:

3.1 Target for Installation of EV charging station at IR office Complexes

For IR
office complexes
Target for installing EV Charging stations Timeline
Phase I: IR Offices of Railway Board, Zonal Headquarters, Production
December 2024
Units, Workshops
Phase II: All other IR office complexes including divisional offices/units December 2025
3.2 Target for Installation of EV charging station at IR Railway Stations

For Railway Stations

Target for installing EV Chargingstations Timeline
Phase I: IR stations in mega cities with population more than 40 lakhs-
Minimum number of stations to be taken up in phase-1 in each mega city December 2024
has been provided in Annexure-A.
Phase II: (a) All IR stations in big cities with population more than 10 lakhs
Decemher 205
6 Lefi over stations of mega cities with population more than 40 lakhs
PhaseIl1: All remaining electrified stations* December 2026 |
*Based on feasibility to be decided by Zonal Railways on case to case basis.

4. Rollout and implementation of EV charging infrastructure

The rollout of EV charging infrastructure should be as per the following guidelines:

a. Guidelines for installation of EV charging station at Railway offce complexes (Through

CAPEX mode/Developer mode)
Guidelines for installation of EV charging station at Railway Stations (Through
Developer Mode- Licencee fee mode where investment for establishment of EV charging
infrastructure will be borne by the Charge point operators under the existing commercial
and non-fare revenue policies such as NINFRIS and unsolicited NFR proposals).

5. EV chargingstations at Railway office complexes

5.1 Guidelines for installation of EV charging station at Railway office complexes
procurement under CAPEX mode.
5.1.1 Mechanism of affordable and accessible charging infrastructure
a. IR shall identify and demarcate parking spaces in its office complexes to be used for EV
charging facilities. These shall be notified/updated from time to time.

b. Demarcated area shall have easy ingress and egress and shall ideally be located in
proximity to power supply infrastructure to ensure minimal investment in network
upgradation.

c. Zonal Railways office shall affix the number and type of different chargers to be installed
at a premise.

d. Charge Point Operators (CPOs) shal be invited to setup charging station at the IR office
complexes in multiple phases. The investment for setting up charging stations shall be
borne by the IR.

e. The responsibility of procurement, installation, commissioning, and operation &

maintenance for the designated period (may vary from two (2) to ten (10) years which
 shall rest with the
shall be decided by IR from time to time) of all the charging stations
CPOs.
transparent,
approved number of EV chargers through
a
f. CPOs shall procure the
competitive bidding process.
and maintenance
After completion of the designated period,
continuation of the operation
g contract shall be at the discretion of IR.
in Service Level
responsibilities of both IR and CPOs shall be
set out
h. The roles and with the
minimum performance measures along
Agreement (SLA). The SLA defines
both the IR and the CPO which
incentives and penalties that shall be mutually agreed by
shall be notified separately.
the maximum CAPEX shall be
. The chargers shall be installed in CAPEX mode wherein
benchmark cost as notified by
lesser of cost discovered via the bidding process or
Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) from time to time.
where chargers are to be
Zonal Railways office shall clearly provide details of land
installed and details of getting power connection (from IR or
local power distribution

company)
of setting up Battery Swapping Stations
k. Zonal Railways may also explore the possibility
be utilized or dedicated spaces
(BSS) for E-Vehicles. Either the existing parking spaces stations. All
other than the parking areas may be demarcated for these battery swapping
establishment of battery swapping
technical, safety and performance standards for
of Power or
stations needs to be adhered to as per the latest guidelines issued by Ministry
any other Competent authority from time to time.
IR
. All necessary approvals required for setting up charging stations shall be taken by
m. Tariff applicable would be as per Ministry of Power guidelines No-12/2/2018-EV (Comp

No.-244347) 2022 or latest guidelines before opening of bids.

dated-14 January
levied EV shall be para-8 of Ministry of Power
n. The service charges to be on users as per
guidelines No-12/2/2018-EV (Comp No.-244347) dated-14 January 2022 or any
latest guidelines issued by MoP.
o. The revenue generated by providing EV charging services will be directly credited to the
bank account as provided by Zonal Railways office

P. Zonal Railways office shall select a CPO through a transparent bidding process.
q. All technical matters related to EV charging infrastructure shall be dealt by electrical
 Indi an
Railways

Award ot Payment for

Contract

Paynent for
Charge point chu ging ser vice
operator (CPO)

Charging
service

IR owned EVs

[Link] of eharging infras'uenme in Raileo (2fice (Ciompleres

5.1.2 Payment Mechanism

a. 80% of capital expenditure on successful commissioning of the charging station.

b. Remaining 20% of the capital expenditure as annual payments over the course of
designated period on submission of invoices at the end of each year, against provision of
O&M services as defined in the SLA.

2 Guidelines for installation _of EV charging station_at Railway office

complexes procurement under developer mode
a.
a. IR shall identify and demarcate parking spaces in its office complexes to be used for EV
charging facilities. These shall be notified/updated from time to time.
b.b. Demarcated area shall have easy ingress and egress and shall ideally be located in
proximity to power supply infrastructure to ensure minimal investment in network
upgradation.

c. Zonal Railways office shall affix the number and type of different chargers to be installed
at a premise.

d. Zonal Railways shall invite Charge point operators (CPOs) or parking operators through
open bidding process and other existing NFR policies, and they will manage the parking
space/charging space along with the establishment of EV charging infrastructure at the
designated place within the parking space.
e.
CPOs/Parking Operator/NFR licenseee will pay license fees as per the parking/NFR
contract signed by the commercial department.
f. The investment for setting up charging stations shall be borne by the CPOs.
g. The responsibility of procurement, installation, commissioning, and operation &
maintenance for the designated period (which may vary from 2-10 years and shall be
notified from time to time)
of all the charging stations shall rest with the CPOs.
h. All necessary
approvals required for setting up charging stations shall be taken by CPO.
 The service charges shall be levied on EV users
1 by CPOs/Parking contractor. It may be
ensured that they should follow para-8 of Ministry of Power guidelines No-12/2/2018-
EV(Comp No.-244347) dated-14th January 2022 or any latest guidelines issue by
MoP.
After completion of the designated period, continuation of the contract shall be at the
discretion of IR, on the mutually agreed terms with CPO.

k. CPO shall have option for sourcing of power either from Distribution Company or IR.

.The roles and responsibilities of both IR and CPOs shall be set out in Service Level
Agreement (SLA). The SLA defines minimum performance measures along with the
incentives and penalties that shall be mutually agreed by both IR and CPO.

m. Zonal Railways office shall select a successful bidder through a transparent bidding
process.

n. Zonal Railways may also explore the possibility of setting up Battery Swapping Stations
(BSS) for E-Vehicles. Either the existing parking spaces be utilized or dedicated spaces
other than the parking areas may be demarcated for these battery swapping stations. All
technical, safety and performance standards for establishment of battery swapping
stations needs to be adhered to as per the latest guidelines issued by Ministry of Power or
any other Competent authority from time to time
o. Parking contract and liasoning with parking operator in the matter related to parking
space shall be done by the commercial department and technical matters related to EV
charging infrastructure shall be dealt by the electrical department.

Indian
Railways
Payment of
-

le ase rent
Avard of
contaa

Parking Operator cum

CPO's
Charging Paynent for
serice charging service

EVusers

Tig-2- Model to be adopted for establishnent ol'V charging inlrastrueture at Railwa

Office Complexes under
Developer Mode

5.3 Zonal Railways may also identify small areas other than the usual parking spaces in
Railway Oflice Complexes exelusively for EV charging stations. ZRs should make all
elforts to set up EV charging stations under NFR or revenue earning mode.
 6.0 EV charging stations at Railway Stations
6.1 Case-1-Installation of Charging Infrastructure in
Fresh_tender of existing
parking/New identified Parking Zones
6.1.1 Mechanism of affordable and accessible charging
infrastructure
a. In fresh tender of existing
parking/new identified parking lots, zonal Railways shall
invite Charge point operators (CPOs) or
parking contractors through open
process and they will manage the parking space along with the establishment bidding
of EV
charging infrastructure at the designated place within the parking space.
b. CPOs/Parking Operator will pay license fees as per the parking contract signed by the
commercial depart1ment.

Demarcated areashall have easy ingress and egress and shall

ideally be located in
proximityy to power supply infrastructure to ensure minimal investment in network
up-
gradation.
d. The investment for setting up EV charging stations shall be borne by the CPOs/Parking
contractors.

The responsibility of procurement, installation, commissioning, and operation &

maintenance for thedesignated period of all the charging stations shall rest with the
CPOs/Parking contractors.
All necessaryapprovals required for setting up charging stations shall be taken by
CPO/Parking contractors.
The service charges shall be levied on EV
users by
ensured that they should follow CPOs/Parking contractors. It may be
of
para-8 Ministry of Power guidelines No-12/2/2018-
EV (Comp No.-244347) dated-14" January 2022 or any latest
MoP guidelines issue by
h. CPOs/Parking contractors shall have
Distribution Company or IR.
option for sourcing of power either fromn

i The roles and

responsibilities of both IR and CPOs/Parking contractors shall be set out in
Service Level Agreement
(SLA). The SLA defines minimum performance measures
along with the incentives and penalties that shall be
CPOs/Parking contractors. mutually agreed by both IR and
Zonal Railways office shall select a successful bidder through
process.
a
transparent bidding
k. Zonal Railways may also explore the possibility of setting
(BSS) for E-Vehicles. Either the up Battery Swapping Stations
other than the parking areas existing parking spaces be utilized or dedicated spaces
may be demarcated for these battery
technical, safety and performance standards for swapping stations.
establishment of battery swapping

Jaio
 by Ministry of Power
or
issued
Stations needs to be adhered to as per the latest guidelines

any other Competent authority from time to time

contractors in the matter related to0
1 Parking contract and liasoning with CPOs/Parking technical matters related
be done by the commercial department
and
parking space shall
to EV charging infrastructure shall be dealt by the electrical department.

tndian
Railways
Payment of
licence fee
Award of
contract

Parking Operator cunm

CPO's

Charging Paynent
Service of service charge

EV users

Zones
Fig-3- For fresh tender of existing parking/New identified Parking

tendered_parking
6.2 Case-2-Installation of Charging Infrastructure in existing
Spaces

6.2.1 Mechanism of affordableand accessible charginginfrastructure

of parking spaces to be
a. IR shall identify and demarcate parking spaces (percentage
at stations to be used for EV
decided by Zonal Railways) in its existing parking space
from time to time.
charging facilities. These shall be notified/updated
by
b. Installation of charging infrastructure in existing tendered parking spaces
(CPOs) by
collaboration of existing parking operators with Charge point Operators in the
for space utilization (as explained
entering into an agreement with parking operator the EV
schematic below). Possibility of engaging parking contractor for setting up
and legal and contract
charging station may also be explored subject to his willingness
conditions of existing parking contract.
 Indian
Rai lways
Payinen ot
lease rent
Awad of
Contract

Agreement Charge point

Parking operator operator (CPO)

Charging Paynent for

service charging sei vice

EV users

T'ig-4-1f existing lendered parking space is to be utilized

c. Zonal Railways shall enter into an agreement with existing parking operators for
provision of EV charging infrastructure, keeping in mind the legal aspects of contract law
with respect to amendability of contracts. If existing parking contracts could not be
modified, then fresh contracts should have provisions of EV charging infrastructure as
mentioned in case-6.1 ofthis policy.

d. Demarcated area shall have easy ingress and egress and shall ideally be located in
proximity to power supply infrastructure to ensure minimal investment in network up
gradation.
e. The investment for setting up charging stations shall be borme by the CPOs/Parking
contractors.

f. The responsibility of procurement, installation, commissioning, and operation &&

maintenance for the designated period of all the charging stations shall rest with the
CPOs/Parking contractors.
g. Zonal Railways office shall clearly demarcate the identified area of land where chargers
are to be installed.

h. The CPOs/Parking contractors shall be provided with an option to get electricity

connectivity from IR or may apply for direct connectivity from DISCOM. If
CPOs/Parking contractors intends to take power supply directly from distribution
company (DISCOM), then IR shall issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) on priority
basis.

i. All necessary approvals required for setting up charging stations shall be taken by
CPO/parking operator.
j. The service charges shall be levied on EV users by CPOs/Parking contractors. It
ensured that they should follow may be
para-8 of Ministry of Power
guidelines No-12/2/2018-

J a n k /
 EV (Comp No.-244347) dated-14th January 2022 or any latest guidelines issue by
MoP.
k. Parking operator will continue to pay license fee as per the prevailing parking contract,
no other charges shall be levied on the parking operator/CPOs by IR.

. The roles and responsibilities of both IR and CPOs/Parking Contractors shall be set out in
Service Level Agreement (SLA). The SLA defines minimum performance measures
along with the incentives and penalties that shall be mutually agreed by both IR and
CPOs/Parking contractors.

m. Zonal Railways may also explore the possibility of setting up Battery Swapping Stations
(BSS) for E-Vehicles. Either the existing parking spaces be utilized or dedicated spaces
other than the parking areas may be demarcated for these battery swapping stations. Al
technical, safety and performance standards for establishment of battery swapping
stations needs to be adhered to as per the latest guidelines issued by Ministry of Power or
any other Competent authority from time to time
n. Parking contract and liasoning with CPOs/Parking contractors in the matter related to
parking space shall be done by the commercial department and technical matters related
to EV charging infrastructure shall be dealt by the electrical department.

6.3 Zonal Railways may also identify small areas other than the usual parking spaces in
Railway Stations exclusively for EV charging stations. ZRs should make all efforts to set up
EV charging stations under NFR or revenue earning mode

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Annexure-A

SN City (Number ofMinimum number of

stations) Stations
Mumbai | 05
2. Delhi 05
3 Bangalore 04
4 Hyderabad 01
Ahmadabad
Chennai |01
Kolkata 05
8. Pune 01
9. Surat 01
Total 24 numbers
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969819/2021/O/o Director (PS) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
No. 2011/Elect(G}/150/3 (Dup)
(RAILWAY BOARD)
New Delhi 21.08.19

General Managers, Chaiman cum Managing

Director
All Zonal Rallways/PUs
Management Co. Ltd.,
Railway Energy
Rites Bhawan, Sector-29, Gurugram

Sub: Setting up of publle E-vehiclo charging statlon at Railway Statlon and Railway
office complexes.
Ref Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises's File No.1(08)2019-NAB-II
(Auto) dated 12.07.19 (link given below).
with an objective for reducing the Green House Gas Emission from the petroVdiesel driven
vehicles on the roads, Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries and Publlc
Enterprises, has taken policy initiative to promote electric vehicles on a very large scale. In Hne
with this, Govemment of India has recently approved Phase-ll of the FAME India Scheme Faster
Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India], for 3 years commencing from
1st April 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 Crore. The main focus of this phase Is
electrification of the public & shared transportation.
2. Under this Scheme, Government of India (Gol) intends to support the development of
Electric Vehicles (EV charging infrastructure by extending the capital grant to different
organizations working with city government for the promotion of the use of Electric Vehicles (EVs).
An Expression of Interest has been Invited by Department of Heavy Industry. Ministy of Heavy
Industries and Public Enterprises regarding Proposals for availing incentives under this scheme
by categorizing installations under A,B, &C category as per premises and uses (commercial or
non-commercial).Railway stations and railway office complexes are falling in category 'A and 'B
respectively. Category 'A' is for commercial use entitled for 70% cost of EVSE as incentive and
category 'B' is for non-commercial use entitled for 100% cost of EVSE as incentive. [Cost of
upstream electrical infrastructure including the cost of transformer required for
supply to EV charging station will not be covered as cost of EVSE]. bringing power
3. Ministry of Power (MoP) has laid down
12/2/2018-EV dated 14th December 2018 titled minimum requirements vide Notification No
Guidelines and Standards' and subsequent "Charging infrastructure for Electric Vehicles -

proposal to Department of amendments

Heavy Industry (Ministry of
thereof. Last date of submission of
20th August 2019. Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) is

4. In this regard, Railways are

advised to download the policy through
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1038221/2021/O/o Director (PS)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR)

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALYA))
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2021/EEM/150/3(EV) New Delhi Dt.07.12.2021

General Managers,
All Zonal Railways/PUs

Sub: Faster adoption of electric vehicles in Indian Railways.

Ref: Minister of Power & Minister of New and Renewable Energy's D0 letter
dated 26.08.2021.

With an objective for reducing the Green House Gas Emission from the petrol/diesel
driven vehicles on the roads, Government of India has taken policy initiative to promote electric
vehicles on a very large scale. Accordingly, by 2030 the number of E-vehicles on Indian roads
shall multiply many folds replacing the existing
petrol/diesel vehicles.
2. Recently, a DO letter has been received from Minister of Power & Minister of New and
Renewable Energy in which it has been, inter-alia, stated that shift to Electric Vehicles is
imperative for reducing our dependence on imports for energy needs and has requested to switch
to Electric vehicles as soon as
possible. It is also stated that such an action would set the right
example for the general public and encourage them to switch to E-Mobility.

3 A sizeable nos. of vehicles are procured/hired in Indian Railways for oftice use.
Therefore, it is requested to switch over to Electric Vehicles as soon as possible.

This issues with the approval of Board (Chairman & CEO).

(Sumit Garg)
Director Elect. Engg. (Power Supply)
Railway Board
Phone: 011-23389112
Email-rbelectricaleem@[Link]
Ist Floor, Room No. 102A

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