Solar lights to bring down energy demands

SHILLONG:  The State Government has decided to establish solar panel street lights in the city, following reports of, as many as, 615 street lights becoming defective in parts of the city.
The issue of poor street lights in the city was raised, in the Assembly, by UDP, leader Paul Lyngdoh.
In reply to Lyngdoh’s question, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said that poor street lighting in various parts of the city was the result of, 615 street light points becoming defective.
The Chief Minister listed Bivar Road, Bishop Cotton Road, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Keating Road, Laitumkhrah, Malki, Mawkhar, Mission Compound, Jaiaw,Weiking, Motphran, Behind Raj Bhavan, Lachumiere, Laban, Lumparing, Police Bazar and Jail Road as the most affected areas, in this regard, under the  Shillong Municipal Board.
He further listed Rhino area, Anjalee, Jhalupara and Garikhana, under the Cantonment Board and Mawlai and Lawsohtun, outside Shillong Municipal Board as affected.
He said that a new programme- ‘Shillong and Tura Green City Project’, designed to drastically bring down energy consumption, is initiated to install a total of 300 solar light points Shillong and 28 such points in Tura.