Bhubaneswar: The civic body will install 6,000 additional LED street lights to light up dark stretches in the city.
Energy Efficient Services Limited (EESL) and the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation surveyed the areas and prepared a report. The project will be executed under the state government's Unnati scheme that was launched in August.
"We have extended help to EESL officials for the survey of areas in need of lights. We have the result of the first phase of the survey and will continue with more surveys to replace all traditional mercury lights with LEDs," said mayor Ananta Narayan Jena.
The civic body has already replaced mercury lights with the energy efficient LED bulbs at major stretches, including Janpath, Sachivalaya Marg and Bidyut Marg, while plans are afoot to replicate the initiative in bylanes of different localities here.
"LEDs not only provide better lighting, but also saves energy. It is environment friendly and should be used on a larger scale," said Suresh Mohapatra, a resident of Achyarya Vihar.
"It is a good move to replace mercury lights with these. Everyone should be encouraged to do the same at their level," he said.
The administration has installed nearly 35,000 LED bulbs across the city. The civic body had initiated the process in 2014 and till mid-2015, installed 20,000 LEDs on main stretches, including Janpath, Gandhi Marg, Rajmahal and Sishu Bhavan Square and Acharya Vihar and Cshadrasekarpur Square.
In the next phase, it installed another 15,000 bulbs in May 2016, covering interior lanes of Sailshree Vihar, Niladri Vihar, Kanan Vihar and Rasulgarh.
