We donāt have any document from BESCOM on this, but after speaking to the team again, they clarified that BESCOM only does something if the meter is modified. The installation of charging point is done through the breaker after the meter and hence shouldnāt cause any issues
Thanks Raghav! Iāll use this to convince the association.
Thanks Abhishek! Iāve got the contact of the BESCOM JE of our area. Iāll talk to him today and check their policies too. Iāll use the diagram in the document and Raghavās photos. Hopefully, theyāll respond.
Just an update after talking to the BESCOM JE of JP Nagar. His words were āBefore meter itās our responsibility, after meter itās your wishā. He told me that a new circuit can be drawn after the MCB post the meter. Iām assuming MCB is the circuit breaker in the diagram. The next step is to convince our builder to let Ather access the meter!
Let me know if you need any help in convincing your builderā¦ 
Yes. MCB is the breaker. Anything after the breaker is billed to the meter. Unless your builder is worried about cables spoiling the asthetics of your parking lot, donāt understand why he should deny permission.
Guys i need Dot installation manualā¦
Please share it
According to Tamil Naduās EV policy, does charging your vehicle come under residential or commercial rate? My apartment association wants to know this. It seems our entire ground floor parking area runs in commercial rate and hence they were wondering about this
Residential. This is your personal charging point that gets pulled from your meter box.
How is it possible that you donāt have a parking spot for your apartment. Isnāt it mandatory?
Oh man, thatās bad. Letting the battery drain to 0% and keeping it there for so long could have resulted in some permanent reduction in the batteryās capacity.
I am in the same situation, the people here didnāt let me install a charger in my parking lot either. The reason I got was that it would ācause a mess of wires in the parking lotā, if everyone installed chargers like me. Iāve been charging only with my portable charger.
Itās ridiculous that in 2019 we still have to face resistance to EV infrastructure.
Itās technically not 0% since there is a 5% buffer to ensure it never goes to zero or overcharges.
Oh that feels good
During purchase, only bike parking was provided to us by the builderā¦ And that bike parking is not a dedicated oneā¦ It can be parked in the marked common bike parking areaā¦
Oh didnāt know that. But still, if you keep it that way for 10 days straight, wonāt it go below that buffer? How do they ensure that SoC stays above that buffer?
Posted my apartment problem in Twitter.
@raghav.srinivasan Thanks for your support bro on Twitter
Getting more and more clarification on the regulations.
I am awaiting the delivery of my Ather in Bangalore and after seeing posts in this thread, I have reached out to our Apartment manager. To my shock, he said that the association wont agree installation of devices in parking area. I wrote to association and waiting for a response from them. Fingers crossed.
I will guide you.
I will share the most important points specified by central government on charging infrastructure in apartmentsā¦
No one can deny youā¦
I just found the documents 2 hours earlier
For Karnataka, there are already order in place for provision to be provided in apartments