Friday, 27 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ has claimed that the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) will achieve the target of 100 per cent installation of LED street lights in every ward of the city within two months. The corporation had announced earlier this year that about 46,000 LED street lights will be installed in the new wards.
The corporation also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with EESL company for the installation and maintenance of the installed street lights for the next seven years in the city. Many councillors recently complained to the mayor that the corporation had stated that the EESL company will finish the installation work by April as per the orders but it was delayed again. They said to the mayor that despite their constant appeals to install LED street lights in colonies and rural areas of the city for the past two years, installation work is still pending in most of the wards.
However, the mayor has stated that the delay was caused due to Covid curfew as many LED street lights could not arrive in the city. As soon as the State government started providing relaxations during the Covid curfew, the company started the installation work, said the mayor. “The LED street lights have been installed in most of the wards. The installation is left in about seven to eight wards where it will be finished before Diwali. We will ensure that no rural and urban area in the city remains dark during nights from November,” stated ‘Gama’.
