India, Sept. 16 -- The Delhi Government has directed the Public Works Department (PWD) to prepare a large-scale plan to replace all existing streetlights in areas under its jurisdiction.
In the past few months, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and PWD Minister Parvesh Verma have held several review meetings with officials on the functioning of streetlights.
"While the regular repair work of streetlights is ongoing, there is a plan to replace all the streetlights (92,163) on PWD roads and put in place the latest technology, which will not only save power but also last longer so that all the dark spots are eliminated," officials said.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has announced a plan to replace around 40,000 sodium vapour streetligh...