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AGARTALA, Dec 9 (TIWN): With an endeavor to prevent the wastage of power and to improve the overall energy efficiency of the street lighting system, this project will be implemented soon, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the AMC and Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), New Delhi at the Agartala Municipal Corporation community hall, here today.Under this project, altogether 35000 street lights in AMC areas will be changed to LED lamps. For that, a survey was conducted across the state by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in a recent past.In the first phase, the street lights in the both sides of VIP road from Governor House to Airport will be replaced by LED lamp within December 22.The entire project will be implemented by the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), Ministry of Power (GOI), New Delhi. The project cost has been estimated Rs. 18 to 20 crore. The whole project will be implemented by March 31, 2015. During the programme, Principal Consultant of EESL- S. Datta, Mayor of AMC- Dr. Prafullajit Sinha, AMC Commissioner Abhishek Chandra and other officials were remained present.
According to the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), the main objectives of this project are; substantial reduction in energy consumption of the street light system, considerable reduction of electricity bills for street lighting of Municipal bodies/ Nagar Panchayats, reduction in evening peak load and to provide better and adequate lighting levels compared to existing system.
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