TV9 News: BBMP Installs Solar Street Light, Thieves Steal Batteries – Leads to No Light – IRKS officials over Thieves……..,
A walk along Seshadri Road in the evening could be an unpleasant experience with most streetlights on the blink.
A walk along Seshadri Road in the evening could be an unpleasant experience with most streetlights on the blink. Even as the ministry for power, along with the BBMP, is straining to save energy by installing solar lights, batteries of these streetlights are being stolen.
As part of the solar mission, the BBMP, along with the ministry of power, had installed over 35 solar-powered streetlights. The stretch that has heavy traffic leading to KR circle has both conventional sodium-vapour lampposts and solar-powered ones.
The BBMP maintains 4.3 lakh streetlights. These lampposts use mercury bulb, tube-lights, sodium-vapour bulbs, solar-powered lights and LEDs. Some lampposts have not been working and rendered useless as their batteries have been stolen.
“LED and solar-powered lampposts were installed on a trial basis. We have seen that in many places, the solar lights are not working and they need to be replaced by LED lights as they are safer,” a BBMP official said. The BBMP has also installed LED lights in some areas, including Residency Road and some parts of Malleswaram, on an experimental basis. Since they have are better in terms of lighting and safety, the BBMP is planning to replace solar lamps with LED lights. The BBMP plans to install solar-powered lights in parks, where there is security, and hence, thefts can be curbed.
“We have decided that they will fit well in parks and grounds. We will install them in places where there is enough security,” he said.
Post time: Jun-27-2017