New Delhi, May 21 -- Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL), a subsidiary of state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, said on Thursday it would supply 300 electric water tankers to the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), amid an ongoing heatwave in northern India.

The initiative is aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for the adoption of electric vehicles, CESL said in a statement, amid the West Asia war, which has raised energy security concerns, as the world's most populous nation has a near-90% dependence on crude oil imports.

Mint reported on 21 May that CESL was working to provide EVs to central ministries, state governments, and other government agencies on lease under its EV-as-a-service model.

"CESL will support the DJB in plan...