SDMC to cut electricity, maintenance bill for street lights

South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) will cut its electricity and maintenance bill for street lighting by almost 50 per cent due to the installation of LED lamps.

According to Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), SDMC will cut its electricity and maintenance bill for street lights to Rs 56 crore compared with Rs 104 crore

Further, the total investment of ₹ 172 crore for installing 1.88 lakh LED street lights, funded by Energy Efficiency Services Ltd and SDMC, will be recovered over a period of seven years.

This is according to Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director of EESL, who was speaking at an event to reveal the results of a social audit conducted by PWC of SDMC. The audit revealed that 99.5 per cent of the people of SDMC feel safer with LED street lights in their areas.

However, on the issue of complaints against non-functioning of LED lights, Kumar said the problem is due to poor connections and not poor quality. He added that each complaint would be redressed within 48-72 hours.

For the problem of non-functioning and multiple helpline numbers, Puneet Kumar Goel, Commissioner, SDMC said, “From 31st August there will be only one helpline number which will comprise a 5-member team and a supervisor monitoring them.”

Under Street Lighting National Programme, over 10,80,000 conventional street lights have been replaced with LED street lights across India leading to an annual estimated energy savings of 143 million units.

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