Noida Nov 23 PTI Greater Noidas first charging station for electric vehicles EVs is likely to start in two weeks and as many as 100 such stations are planned for the city officials said on TuesdayThe Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority GNIDA said it has signed a memorandum of understanding MoU with CESL for setting up the charging stations for EVsThe first charging station is targeted to be commissioned in the next two weeks in the Alpha commercial belt the GNIDA saidIt said efforts are being made to promote electric vehicles across the country under the National Electric Mobility Scheme and Greater Noida has also joined this campaignOn instructions of GNIDA CEO Narendra Bhooshan charging stations for electric vehicles are going to be built at 100 places in Greater Noida For this the GNIDA has signed an agreement with Convergence Energy Services Limited a subsidiary of EESL on Tuesday according to an official statementThe MoU was signed in the presence of GNIDA Additional CEO Deep Chandra in-charge of commerce cell and OSD Naveen Kumar Singh and officers of CESL it addedAfter the first charging station in the Alpha commercial belt GNIDA and CESL teams will conduct a joint survey to identify the locations of the remaining installations and will submit a report in 10 days the GNIDA saidThese charging stations to be built in collaboration with CESL will bring great convenience to electric vehicle drivers GNIDA CEO Narendra Bhooshan saidCESL MD and CEO Mahua Acharya said Greater Noida is one of the major industrial cities of Asia with ample opportunities to promote electric vehicles PTI KIS IJT