BSES to promote electric scooters to reduce pollution

In a unique initiative aimed at reducing air as well as noise pollution, the BSES is promoting use of electric scooters.

After becoming the first and the only discom in the world to promote the use of electric vehicles by installing 28 (and counting) charge ports free till the Commonwealth Games- the discom now plans to encourage use of electric scooters.

To begin with, the BSES plans to encourage the use of electric scooters among thousands of their employees. For this, the company has entered into an agreement with the manufacturers of Hero electric scooters, which are being made available to employees at discounted prices and convenient instalments.

For the same, the BSES has asked Hero Exports to put up information kiosks at various BSES locations to spread awareness among visitors and employees regarding the benefits of using e-vehicles. This initiative is not only expected to reduce pollution, but also reduce the carbon footprint.

''The idea behind facilitating e-scooters for employees is part of BSES' continued efforts to champion the green cause among all its stakeholders and is in a continuous dialogue with them across platforms,'' said a BSES official.

Electric scooters, unlike their petrol counterparts, are very economical to run. They consume just one unit of electricity (costing between Rs 2.45 to Rs 4.65 per unit) for traveling 60 kms. Whereas their petrol counterparts consume around Rs 40 to run the same distance. An electric scooter is also low on maintenance.

After the successful roll-out of charge ports in east and central Delhi, BSES is now all set to roll out e-charge ports at vantage points across South and West Delhi.

Convenient locations have been identified and will have launched in the days ahead. They too, will be free, till the Commonwealth Games in October 2010.

According to a BSES spokesperson, ''As a responsible corporate citizen, BSES is promoting electric Vehicles (EV's) usage as they are a zero emission mode of transport.'' An electric motor is 400 per cent to 600 per cent more efficient than an internal combustion engine (ICE). An EV, per mile, uses one-half the fossil-fuel resources an ICE consumes. An EV produces only five per cent to 10 per cent of the emissions of an ICE per mile travelled.

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