1.3 Crore LED Streetlights Installed Under Street Lighting National Programme: Union Minister For Power And New & Renewable Energy

New Delhi, Dec 19: The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has informed that under Street Lighting National Programme, which was launched in January 2015, targeting replacement of conventional streetlights by LED streetlights, Energy Efficiency Services Limited has installed around 1.30 crore LED streetlights across the country till date. The State/UT wise status of LED streetlights installed under Street Lighting National Programme is as given below.

The State / UT-wise status of LED Street Lights installed by EESL across the country under SLNP programme

SR. NO.STATE / U.T.STREET LIGHT INSTALLED1ANDHRA PRADESH29,47,7062ASSAM28,8753BIHAR5,75,9224CHANDIGARH46,8825CHHATTISGARH3,81,1996DELHI3,81,1077GOA2,07,1838GUJARAT9,03,5199HARYANA85,13910HIMACHAL PRADESH62,98211JAMMU & KASHMIR1,75,02212JHARKHAND5,34,35613KARNATAKA13,22614KERALA4,33,97915LAKSHADWEEP1,00016MADHYA PRADESH2,95,41717MAHARASHTRA11,05,23118ODISHA3,53,80819PONDICHERRY1,52020PORTBLAIR14,99521PUNJAB1,28,85522RAJASTHAN10,73,23823SIKKIM1,07324TAMILNADU7,87625TELANGANA16,82,87826TRIPURA76,42627UTTAR PRADESH12,90,94928UTTARAKHAND1,30,33829WEST BENGAL93,532GRAND TOTAL1,30,34,233

Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a Joint Venture of Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Power, has the requisite capacity to support Local Self Governments in achieving hundred per cent LED coverage of streetlights in the country, subject to regular payment of dues by the respective Local Self Governments.This information has been given by the Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Lok Sabha