Mayor Madhusudan Yadav has started stressing on optimum use of alternate sources of energy for lighting up street lights and providing power supply in various municipal buildings of the city using solar equipment. Yadav convened a meeting of the PWD officers besides Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) and directed to install solar operated lights on the roads of PWD and municipal buildings here.
He also directed PWD Executive Engineer to prepare proposals for the construction of the four lane road between Basantpur Chowk to Farhad, two lane road between Chikhali to Padumtara, two lane road between lakholi to Kanharpuri and Janglesar road besides construction of RCC road between Haldi to Bhawar Mara.
Yadav asked CREDA officials to prepare proposals for providing solar powered equipment in Town Hall, Filter Plant and Thakur Pyarelal School so that the energy consumption charges of these buildings could be minimized. He also asked to prepare proposals for use of bulbs that can be lighted by the solar energy at several locations of the city.