DIAL Plans to Use More Electric Vehicles to Cut Pollution

To reduce carbon emissions in the airport environment, DIAL, the operator of Delhi International Airport Limited, recently said that 57 electric vehicles had been deployed and more similar vehicles will be used soon by it. According to a release, the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) has started the adoption of electric cars and plans to gradually replace all diesel and gasoline-powered vehicles.

“For its initial airside and landside operations, DIAL has ordered 64 electric vehicles. From this group, DIAL has purchased 57 electric vehicles and installed them on the ground and airside. Seven more electric vehicles will be used soon,” according to the statement.

According to the report, 21 of the 57 electric cars are currently in use on the ground side. To immediately adopt green mobility, the airport operator launched the green transportation initiative in June of this year. The airport aims to be carbon neutral by 2030. DIAL added that it is working closely with important airport stakeholders to promote the use of electric vehicles at the airport.

To meet the increased demand, it have also installed EV charging stations and intends to gradually add more of these, according to DIAL CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar The largest airport in the nation is operated by DIAL, an organisation created as a JV, formed as a consortium led by GMR Airports Infrastructure Ltd.

Earlier, Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, India’s busiest major international airports Airports, announced that it tended to be placed with high energy consumption and carbon emissions. Delhi Airport Tweeted that it will achieve a net-zero target by 2030. Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport switched to hydro and solar power for its consumption needs from June 1 (2022), making it India’s first airport to run entirely on a combination of these forms of green energy.