Thursday, February 10, 2011

Discoms To Take Care Of Streetlights

Getting a non-functional streetlight repaired near your house would not be difficult now. Delhi Cabinet on Monday gave its go-ahead to bring streetlights of the entire city under the ambit of the power distribution committees. According to senior Delhi government officials the civic agencies are often blamed for poor upkeep of streetlights and they will now handover the job of maintenance and repair of streetlights to the power discoms that supply electricity to those lights.

"It is necessary in view of the safety of the common man. Discoms will take over this work as they have ample workforce and technical infrastructure to provide a better and well-managed service," chief minister Sheila Dikshit said.

Officials said there are about 3.5 lakh streetlights in the Capital managed by several agencies. All lights, except the ones managed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) will be transferred to the discoms.

with thanks :  Hindustan Times : link above for detailed news.

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