Three years on, LED street lights project yet to gain traction
The Hindu
Consortium that bagged the tender has till the end of year to replace at least one lakh sodium vapour street lights with LED ones
Nearly three years after it was taken up, the project to replace the city’s 4.85 lakh sodium vapour street lights with LED ones is yet to take off. With several deadlines issued and no tangible result on ground, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been instructed to issue a final deadline to the consortium that has bagged the tender. As per directions from Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, the consortium will be given time till the end of the year to replace at least one lakh street lights, failing which the tender is likely to be scrapped. Should that happen, the BBMP has been instructed to float fresh tenders in smaller packages to ensure that all the street lights in the city are replaced by LED lights. This direction, according to highly placed sources, was issued following a review meeting chaired by Mr. Bommai on various development projects taken up in the city.More Related News