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Officials told to complete LED streetligting by Sankranti
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed the officials to take necessary steps to complete 100 per cent retrofit of streetlights with LED in all villages in the state by coming Sankranti
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed the officials to take necessary steps to complete 100 per cent retrofit of streetlights with LED in all villages in the state by coming Sankranti.
In view of the Collectors’ conference scheduled on November 30, the Chief Minister held a teleconference with Energy and Panchayat Raj departments on Thursday and said that the government is working with an objective of creating world record in LED street lighting by completing installation of around 27 lakh lights by Sankranti.
“My first priority is to improve the living standards and better the livelihood of people in villages. I wish all the streets in rural areas illuminate with LED lighting during the Sankranti festival,” he said.
Stating that the AP started the new LED revolution in the country by starting LED programme in Visakhapatnam after Hud-Hud Cyclone, the Chief Minister said, ``We are the champions at the national level by completing the street lighting project in more than 50 per cent of the villages in the state.
We have created record by completing the LED street lighting programme in six districts – East Godavari, West Godavari, Vizianagaram, Chittoor, Kadapa and Anantapur. I am appreciating Panchayat Raj, Municipal Administration and Energy department for scaling up the LED programme,” he said.
Minister for IT, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development N Lokesh said that AP stood as the front runner with 33 per cent of LED streetlights in the national LED map (both urban and rural) followed by Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi. AP has retrofitted 18.81 lakh LED streetlights in the villages till date, he said.
He also said the state would achieve an annual energy saving of 300 million units with a monetary benefit of Rs 180 crore per year by completing all the 27 lakh LED street lighting in Gram Panchayats.
Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha, Principal Secretary for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development K Jawahar Reddy, Principal Secretary, Energy and CRDA Ajay Jain and the higher officials of the CMO were also present.
