Hyderabad Airport sparkled with 19000 LEDs

Hyderabad, May 16: The Greater Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) has claimed first place in South India and second place in across India on Monday, to convert the entire taxiway edge lights from halogen lamps to energy efficient LEDs.

The GHIAL is on its green journey of transforming the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here into a 100% LED airport, out which 75% of the work has been already completed, a statement from the airport operator said.

Taxiway edge lights play a critical role in airside operations. They are used to outline the edges of taxiways during periods of darkness or restricted visibility conditions.

Around 500 airport taxiway edge lights were converted to LED in a span of six days.

"RGIA has more than 26,000 conventional lamps. As of now, more than 19,500 traditional lamps have been converted to LEDs," the release said.