In view of incidents of electric scooters catching fire during charging, the BMC has decided to set up a special committee to draft fire safety norms for charging stations. The committee will comprise BMC, BEST, and fire brigade officials. The decision was taken during Deputy Municipal Commissioner Sunil Godse’s review meeting on the electric vehicle project on Wednesday.

The BMC is in the process of increasing the number of charging stations. As of now, the BMC has installed EV charging stations at 6 places and BEST also has 6 charging stations in various depots,” Godse said.