The Urban Development, housing and census works Minister Madan Kaushik has sought help of Union Government in achieving the target of using 100 percent lED lamps in the cities of Uttarakhand.
The state Government plans to replace all inefficient bulbs with energy efficient lED bulbs in the urban areas. Under the Unnat Jeevan by Affordable lEDs and Appliances (UJAlA) project the Government is planning to distribute about 1 Crore lED lamps.
On Thursday, Kaushik met the Union Minister of state (independent charge) for power, R K Singh at New Delhi and informed him about the state Government’s plan for development.
He said that Uttarakhand is a tourism state as large number of tourists visit it every year. Kaushik asked help of Union Government in overall progress of the state.
He informed the Union Minister that in order to save power and as a safety measure, the task of putting the power cable underground is presently on in the cities of Nainital, Haldwani, Rishikesh, Kashipur, Roorkee, Dehradun and Haridwar.
Kaushik said that in view of upcoming Kumbh Mela special emphasis is being made on laying of underground cables.
He informed that to save power and ensuring safety a Compact Service Centre (CSS) Transformer would be set up in Kumbh area.
Similarly an Air Circuit Breaker (ACC) would be installed in the transformers. Apart from it a 33/11 K V substation would also be constructed in for Kumbh area.