Hyderabad gets New LED lights

Hyderabad, February 4: Now, Hyderabadi citizens will face the new LED lights over the street in cominng three months as GHMC said yesterday.BY this the power consumption could be slashed by over 55 percent.

Keen on installing LED street lighting the city in the next three months, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Friday held a meeting with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (ESSL), traffic and other authorities.

The civic body presently has 4.50 lakhs street lights in the city and by going the LED way, power consumption could be slashed by over 55 per cent, the GHMC Commissioner, B Janardhan Reddy said.

The task to install LED streetlights has been assigned to ESSL and all required support to complete the works in three months would be extended by the GHMC, he said.

About 150 teams would be formed to take up the works and Reddy directed traffic authorities to ensure there was no inconvenience in the streetlight installation works.