Work on replacing the existing streetlights with LED lights has begun in the city.
Bringing a long-pending proposal to a successful end, the State government has decided to replace all the lights with LED ones after the cyclone Hudhud damaged 50 per cent of the lights completely and 25 per cent partially.
The replacement comes as part of power conservation agreement with the Central government.
The first consignment arrived by air cargo on Tuesday.
Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana had announced last week that all the 96,000 streetlights in the city would be replaced with the LED lights.
The replacement work began on the highway from the airport and on the Beach Road from Coastal Battery. In all, 700 lights of 120 Watts and 160 Watts and 200 LED tube-lights of 18 Watts were received in the first consignment.
The 160 Watts lights are being fixed by batches of workers on the National Highway and the 120 Watts on the Beach Road.
Apart from corporation workers, those who had come from other civic bodies for the cyclone relief work and staff members of the agencies that would take up maintenance have been deployed.
“The work will continue and if a larger consignment comes a detailed plan of work will be drawn,” Executive Engineer V.R.K. Raju told The Hindu when contacted.
