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Western Railway (WR) is distributing LED bulbs at subsidised rates to over 1 lakh employees across all divisions, keeping with the Central domestic efficient lighting programme (DELP) scheme, a senior official said.
The move, kickstarted by WR General Manager GC Agrawal on September 11, has received good response with a large number of employees making a beeline to obtain the LED bulbs at the company’s headquarters, WR Chief PRO Sharat Chandrayan said.
The scheme is aimed at saving electricity and will be completed by October 31.
Under the scheme, a maximum of ten 7-Watt LED bulbs, each of which can replace a 60-Watt incandescent bulb or an 18-Watt Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL) at the same illumination level, will be distributed to the WR employees, Chandrayan said. “A reduction of 53 Watts per incandescent bulb is envisaged in connected load, with an estimated saving of 155 units per annum per bulb, if used for eight hours a day.
“Similarly, a reduction of 11 Watts per CFL is envisaged, with an estimated saving of 32 units per annum per CFL,” he said.
Subsidised rate The cost of an LED bulb for Railway employees has been kept ₹100 only (market price being ₹250-300). The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) will provide maximum 10 LED bulbs to each valid Railway employee, the official claimed.
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