Civic body bags award for implementing Smart LED street lights project

The Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) bagged ‘Excellence in Smart and Sustainable Street Lighting Solutions’ for implementing ‘Smart LED street lights project’ at the Elets Urban Innovation Infrastructure Summit held in Panchkula, on Tuesday. Mayor Inderjit Kaur received the award during the summit hosted by Panchkula Municipal Corporation, .

The Mayor and MC Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal stated that under the project over 1.05 lakh luminaries had been replaced with Smart LED lights. The project had been implemented on ESCO (Energy Saving Company) model wherein, the concessionaire (contractor) Tata Projects Limited, has invested funds to replace the luminaries and are being subsequently paid from the energy saving attributed to reduction of energy bill to the MC. After the implementation of the project, the MC is witnessing Rs 2 crore energy saving every month.