Areas across south Delhi left in dark as streetlights repair work hits roadblock

The maintenance and repair work of streetlights in several south Delhi areas have been affected, leaving the localities in pitch dark conditions after sunset, residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) have complained.

- Paras Singh

With less than a week left for Diwali, residents accused the civic body of turning a deaf ear to the complaints, delaying the repair, and installing makeshift rewires. This, they said, causes risk of electrocution.

Meanwhile, a civic official said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has hired a new agency for overseeing the maintenance of LED streetlight network of four zones —south, central, Najafarh, and west Delhi — which fell under the erstwhile south MCD and that the maintenance has been impacted due to the transfer.

Sanjay Rana, general secre-