City streets are set to get illuminated with light-emitting diode (LED) street lights soon. The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has already completed all formalities for installation of LED in six vital roads.
The pilot project for installing LED lights in the city has been initiated by the GMC with Rs 67 lakhs grant from the 13th Finance Commission. It will be completed within three months. The non-corrosive, non-breakable and long lasting LED lights, besides lighting up vital streets in the city, will also save energy, said additional GMC commissioner Mukul Chandra Gogoi.
The civic body has selected Dutta Electricals, a Guwahati-based firm, for installing 178 LED lights in six streets of the city. Work on the project will commence soon. "We are going to install 25-watt LED lights in six streets of the city. Earlier, the GMC installed street lights in electric poles belonging to Assam State Electricity Board. But this time, we are going to install LED lights in glass reinforced polymer composite conical embedded-type galvanized poles. These poles will be fully insulated and can be transported easily for light weight," said Jeet Barbaruah, assistant engineer of GMC.
He further added that the concerned farm will have to look after maintenance of LEDet tpoles for the next ten years as per the terms of agreement with GMC. "We will also take opinion of locals residing along these streets," he added.
In Saurav Nagar main road under Dispur legislative assembly constituency (LAC), 42 LED street lights will be installed. Altogether 136 similar street lights will be installed in Green Park Colony (Jalukbari LAC), bye lane lane six of Bhaskar Jyoti Path (Dispur LAC), Pakija Path (Dispur) LAC, Rotunda to Gauhati Medical College Hospital campus (East Guwahati LAC) and in Pragjyotish Nagar Main Road (West Guwahati LAC).
"The GMC has received Rs 17 lakh grant from the 13th finance commission, 2010-11, for installation of LED lights in Saurav Nagar Main Road. And for the rest five streets, Rs 50 lakh grant has been received from the commission," said Barbaruah. LEDs are beneficial over incandescent light sources for improved robustness. Barbaruah added that the GMC is hopeful that the LED lights will beautify city streets.
