Irked overthe delay in the installation of over 60,000 LED street lights in the new wards, congress counsellors led by Mahanagar congress president Lal Chand Sharma approached the municipal commissioner on Thursday and sought prompt action on the matter.
They alleged that the corporation has not started the installation of LED street lights in any wards despite declaring it on the last board meeting that installation work will commence from January. “It was first announced that the installation of street lights will start from January 1 and then the corporation informed that installation will start from January 15. This month is almost over but still, not a single street light has been installed in any ward,” said Sharma. Responding to this, the municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey stated that the installation of street lights was started earlier this month in some wards but some counsellors raised an objection stating why lights were being installed in certain wards first. Due to this, the corporation selected the name through a lottery system and made a list according to which the installation will start, informed Pandey. He ensured the counsellors that MCD has made all the arrangements and the installation of street lights will start from the first week of February. As selected through the lottery system, the installation will start from a batch of five wards with around 10,000 street lights, informed Pandey.
Friday, 29 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
