In a bid to promote energy conservation and usage of lED lights in the State 11 urban civic bodies today inked an MoU with the State-run EESl paving way for installing one lakh lED street lights in the State. After installation, the street lights will save 4.66 crore units of electricity.
Addressing people on the occasion at Project Building Secretariat here on Wednesday, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that all the 43 urban municipal bodies in the State will install street lights at desired places within a year. In the first phase, 11 municipal bodies will install about one lakh street lights and Rs 100 crore have been approved for installing streetlights in the rural areas also.
The CM said that the lights will be installed first in the areas where electricity has already reached and people would be able to keep their shops open till late evening. lights would instill a sense of security and help people commute fearlessly. This will not only be fruitful for people but will also help the government save huge amounts of money in electricity bills, he added.
Das instructed officials to install the lights first in crowded areas before Durga Puja and complete the work before Shravani Mela on the streets of Deoghar and kanwariya routes. He also instructed all urban local bodies to appoint a nodal officer and complete the work in time. He stressed on proper coordination between urban bodies and the EESl officials for effective work. Urban Development Department Principal Secretary Arun Kumar Singh said that the MoU has been signed for Deoghar, Basukinath Municipal Council, Dumka Municipal Council, Aadityapur Municipal Corporation, Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation, Jugsalai Municipality, Jamshedpur, Mango, Dhanbad Municipal Corporation and Medini Nagar Municipal Council. After approval of the Cabinet, work for Ranchi Municipal Corporation will begin, he said.
Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, EESl Programme Manager Prabhat Kumar and representatives of Municipal bodies were present on this occasion.