LED Lights to Illuminate Berhampur city Streets

Berhampur will switch over to LED (light- emitting diode) lights. Under its street light programme, the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) had installed 25 energy-efficient LED lights along half km stretch from Courtpeta to New bus stand road which will be put to use on Thursday.

At present, the city has five high-mast lights and sodium vapour lights at other places. The BMC pays `16 lakh towards electricity charges for these lights. The civic body has launched a drive to replace vapour lights along major roads, including the national highway passing through the city, with decorative LED lights. “Power charges will be reduced by half after usage of LED lights,” said assistant engineer (Mechanical) of the civic body Sukant Kumar Sabat.

While LED lights are costlier, in the long run they prove to be major energy savers and low on maintenance. Moreover, life of LED light is roughly three times that of a sodium lamp while giving more illumination.

In the second phase of the programme, BMC would install LED lights from Bhabanagar Chhack to Gatebazar Chhack and at Haladiapadar railway overbridge. This would be done on PPP mode.

Installation of LED lights is part of BMC’s ongoing illumination drive at an estimated cost of `2.50 crore. The Government had sanctioned `1.30 crore to it for the purpose. Source: The New Indian Express