Shillong, January 17: Meghalaya government has sanctioned Rs 25 crore for installation of over 300 point solar-lights under the Green City Project (GCP) which will replace the street-lights.
“The Rs 25 crore project has been earmarked and sanctioned by the state government for the purpose of installing over 378 points of solar lights in the urban town and cities of the state,” MeSEB Engineer’s Association (MEA) president B Khonglah said Friday.
Khonglah revealed this during his address at the XI General Conference of the Association held in the city on Friday. According to him, the installation of the LED solar street-lights will replace the street-lights.
Khonglah informed that of the 378, 300 solar lights that are proposed to be installed across the cities in the state, 78 will be for Tura while the rest will be for Shillong.
“We have identified the locations which will include government institutions and educational institutions in Shillong while for Tura, the locations would soon be finalized,” Khonglah informed.
Khonglah said that so far the government has sanctioned Rs 5 crore for implementation of the first phase 2012-2013 of the project and the implementation of the project has been given to Philips Electronic India Ltd.
Khonglah said, “The implementing company has been asked to install at least 3 points of solar lights in Shillong of which its performance would be examine before handing over the entire installation work to it.”
Stating that apprehension of theft of battery of the lights was also expressed, the president informed, “Keeping in mind on this, the department has decided to install the LED solar street-lights in protected locations as in government premises, educational institutions and others.”- By Our Reporter
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