The Uttar Pradesh government has invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from companies to set up EV charging stations. The state has identified eight cities – Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Agra, Noida, Prayagraj, Ghaziabad and Meerut – as well as three national highways passing through the state (National Highway [NH]-1, NH-24 and NH-27) for setting up the charging stations. The last date for the submission of EoIs is June 28, 2019. The tender has been issued by the Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority, which is the nodal agency for the development of EV charging infrastructure in the state.