As part of its initiatives for a 'Green and Clean' Delhi in view of the upcoming Commonwealth Games, the compound lights at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium, which has been selected as a venue for boxing, will now be illuminated by solar energy. This effort of the New Delhi Municipal Council is aimed at environment protection and energy conservation by encouraging people to maximise use of solar energy.
An ISO certified company, Linkage Technologies Inc, has installed 60 solar energy lights in the compound of Talkatora Indoor Stadium. These lights are made of Light Emission Diode chip which consumes minimum energy. The 60 Watt of LED lights provides more illumination than 400 Watt of sodium vapour lamps. The average life time of each LED light is 50,000 hours and due to their advanced technology these lights require very little maintenance as well, an NDMC official said.
Moreover these solar energy lights will operate automatically. After sunset, it will illuminate the compound and post sunrise it will get switched off automatically. This not only saves energy but also saves manpower, he added.
With an eye on the Commonwealth Games, the stadium has been designed and constructed to meet international standards and boasts natural resource, habitat and landscape preservation elements that have been integrated into the overall design of the stadium.
