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Instapower, a manufacturer of
LEDs, has installed 500 street
lights covering all the main
streets of Mussoorie in
Uttarakhand. The area covered
includes The Mall Road,
Camel's Back Road, Company
Garden, King Craig, Barlowganj,
Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy,
Picture Palace, Landour, Jhadi
Pani, Jhula Ghar, Kempty Fall
route and Library.
The LED lights were installed as part of an initiative by Energy
Efficiency Services Ltd – a joint venture of NTPC, Power Finance
Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation and Power Grid
Corporation of India, to facilitate implementation of energy-efficiency
projects. The overall size of energy efficiency market is estimated to be
Rs.74,000 crore.
The project, first of its kind in Uttarakhand is an attempt to integrate
newer technologies to civic amenities to the public. It is expected that
the success of LED street lighting in Mussoorie will inspire other places
to emulate the model. LED street lighting is expected to save
substantial amount of public money as lesser consumption of
electricity will result in lower electricity bills.
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