14 mn street lights to be replaced with energy efficient LED bulbs by June 2019

Around 14 million street lights would be replaced with energy efficient LED lamps by June 2019, state-owned EESL said Thursday.

Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), which has distributed 31 core power efficient LED bulbs, is now working on intelligent lighting systems, which would be more energy efficient, it said in a statement.

"Under UJALA more than 31 core LED bulbs have been distributed to the consumers in India, and by June 2019 we expect almost 14 million street lights in the urban-local bodies across the country to be replaced with efficient LED lights," said EESL General Manager Venkatesh Dwivedi.

He further said: "We see a potential for another 2 crore street lights in the country which will mainly target rural segment, national highways, court authorities, railways and the army segment of the business."