Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday propelled the "world's biggest" LED road light substitution extend finished by SDMC in south Delhi wherein two lakh customary road lights have been supplanted with vitality effective LEDs. He likewise also propelled the second period of the venture for establishment of 75,000 more LED lights in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) range with the establishment of LED light in parks, dull alleys and high pole lights. A devoted SLNP application for quick determination of the grumblings about defective road lights too was propelled by him. The activity under the Street Lighting National Program being actualized by the Energy Efficiency Services Limited of Ministry of Power, will spare 6.10 crore units of power every year subsequently decreasing the power charge by 54%.

Talking on the event the Union Power Minister said that the SLNP program is in effect by and is being actualized in 14 states including Delhi.

"Out of aggregate 15.40 lakh road lights supplanted with LEDs in the nation, Delhi has displayed a magnificent execution by supplanting two lakh ordinary road lights with the LED lights in the most brief conceivable time," he said.

Delhi has additionally crossed the objective of 50 for every penny sparing in the use on road lighting as ordered in the Street Lighting National Program propelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 5, 2015, he included.



SDMC commissioner Punit Goel said that SDMC and SECI have inked a MoU for giving solar based panels on the rooftop top of 400 metropolitan structures. In the primary stage just 40 structures have been chosen for establishment of 2.5 MW sun powered rooftop beat boards and the cost of establishment, Rs. 17 crore, will be recuperated inside 7 years. Taking after this, the SDMC will get free power up to 18 years and will have the capacity to offer the surplus energy if required.