With an aim to save power Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has advocated use of lED bulbs and lights and has asked Municipal Corporations of lucknow and Aligarh to use lED bulbs as street lights. “All efforts should be made to conserve electricity. The first step in this direction is to install lED lights in municipal areas and use of those contraptions in government and domestic sector that use minimum electricity,” Chief Minister said in his meeting with Managing Director of Energy Efficiency Services at 5, Kalidas Marg here on Sunday.
He said cheap lED lights and bulbs should be made available to all power consumers. “Use of lED can pave the way for conserving electricity in a big way. The Municipal Corporations of lucknow and Aligarh should use lED lights instead of sodium lights as street lights,” Chief Minister said. He also asked officials to provide cheap lED lights to consumers.
Chief Minister informed MD Energy Efficiency Services of steps his Government has taken to conserve power as well as efforts made to increase power generation. He explained as how Samajwadi Party Government has initiated steps to improve distribution and reduce line loss. “New thermal power projects will come up in next few months. Recently a 500 MW unit of Anpara D has started power generation and another unit of 500 MW will come up by July this year. Our Government is committed to provide at least 20 hour electricity to rural areas and 22 hour power supply in urban areas by 2016,” Chief Minister said and added that if we can save power by using lED lights as street light it would other way means producing that much of electricity..
The Energy Efficiency Services also gave a presentation on lED based street lights and how use of lED bulbs in domestic sector can reduce power consumption by almost 40 per cent. Energy Efficiency Services is a private company that is working in power conservation field. “We wish this company can guide UP to save electricity through different means,” he said.