News Source:
Times of India
Mohali is a city which is a commercial hub lying adjacent to the city of Chandigarh in Punjab, India. The local municipal corporation (MC) is scheduling to switch 18,000 conventional streetlights to LEDs in the following months.
The energy saving conversion is estimated to cost between INR 150 million (US $2.3 million) to INR 200 million. And is expected to commence by mid- 2016.
If any LED streetlights were found faulty, the company would be responsible of repairing them for free while a penalty will also be issued to it.
A survey showed that most of the roads have faulty streetlights. It is expected that the conversion will reduce criminal rate and increase safety across the area.