The harsh weather and power cuts in the city are not going to disturb the traffic signals and they would be managing the traffic properly as the traffic signals of the city are going to operate with solar energy in the next few months.
In a bid to save power the traffic signals of the city are going to be converted into solar traffic signals in the next few months, saving around Rs 6 lakh of electricity. Deputy Superintendent of Police Traffic (Old City) MS Bhadoria In the first phase 16 traffic signals of the city are going to be converted into solar traffic signals. The BMC and Urja Vikas Nigam limited are working on the project.
The Public Relation Officer of Urja Vikas Nigam limited Bhopal OP Sharma told that the work on the proposal of solar traffic signals is underway. The use will not only save on energy but in the near future it will encourage the widespread use of solar energy and sources of solar energies which could be developed and used as an alternate of electric power. In the process, the pedestrian are also going to be benefitted as pedestrian request signals and blinkers would be installed in the process. The new system will have a sound alert for the pedestrian to warn them about the traffic movement.
The State Government has sanctioned Rs 3 crore for the project. The completion of the project would take around six months in which the traffic signals would be equipped with solar energy to operate the traffic signals.