GHMC reduces 4.06 tn of carbon emission with LED streetlights

Hyderabad: Even as nations are racking their brains over how to reduce carbon emissions, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is quietly going about reducing the emissions in the city and what more, saving up quite a bit on the cash side as well. The GHMC’s efforts to reduce carbon emission are something that comes […]

Hyderabad: Even as nations are racking their brains over how to reduce carbon emissions, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is quietly going about reducing the emissions in the city and what more, saving up quite a bit on the cash side as well.

The GHMC’s efforts to reduce carbon emission are something that comes to light every day as dusk falls in the city, in the form of 4.92 lakh LED streetlights. Conventional streetlights were replaced with LED ones as part of an energy conservation project that started in 2017. The GHMC had inked a pact with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for this purpose.

The mega project saw a savings of 487.20 million units (MU) of energy and at the same time, the icing on top of the cake came in the form of a drop in the electricity bill. The corporation has saved over Rs 250 crore since the project began.

According to officials, the project has helped in reducing carbon emission by a whopping 1,29,719 tonnes annually. As per the GHMC records, after conventional streetlights were replaced with LEDs, 4.06 tonnes of carbon emission was reduced.

Before installation of the LEDs, the monthly electricity consumption of streetlights in GHMC limits was 20.07 MU, which led to an expenditure of Rs 14.94 crore towards payment of monthly electricity bills. Now, the consumption has dipped to 9.96 MU and the bill is Rs 8.5 crore every month.

The onus of maintaining these lights lies with EESL, and the non-glowing streetlights can be reported to GHMC. The complaints can be raised through MyGHMC App, the GHMC website www.ghmc.gov.in, the GHMC call centre (040 2111 1111) and Dial 100. Surprise inspections are also done to check the glowing rate of the streetlights.

Over 39,600 street lights installed in Oct

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The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation installed 39,663 street lights in October 31, 2021. While the number of new streetlights in 2020 was 4.53 lakh the number increased to 4.92 lakh in 2021. The poorly illuminated stretches that were lit up this year are in different parts of the city.
The new Jeedimetla Village – Pipeline Road and Shapur Nagar signal – Jagadgirigutta Model Market are the stretches on the city outskirts that were illuminated in addition to newly installed streetlights in Charminar, Serilingampally and Khairatabad zones.

Saving mode

Total streetlights in city: 4.92 lakh
Number of streetlight poles: 3.37 lakh
Energy saved through LED lights: 487.20 MU
Carbon emission reduced post LED installation: 4.06 tonne
Monthly consumption before LEDs: 20.72 MU
Monthly bill: Rs 14.94 crore
Monthly consumption after LEDs: Rs 9.96 MU
Monthly bill after LEDs: Rs 8.5 crore

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