MCD to replace 59,000 streetlight bulbs with LEDS

Around 59,000 high-pressure sodium lights installed on the 1,440km arterial road network of the city will be swapped with energy efficient, smart LED lights, officials in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi said.

- Paras Singh

While the Delhi government's Public Works Department (PWD) maintains roads wider than 60 feet in the Capital since 2012, the ownership continues to vest with the corporation, an MCD official said. The civic body has opined that MCD, which already maintains around 800,000 street lights in the inner colony roads, take up maintenance of lights on arterial roads, even as it sought additional funds for the same. The house of councillors will be take up the matter on Tuesday.