Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

The Orange City of India LED Streetlight Upgrade Project Flops

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

The Orange City of India LED Streetlight Upgrade Project Flops

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

The Orange City of India LED Streetlight Upgrade Project Flops

Renowned for its famous oranges, Nagpur, a city in India is struggling to install the targeted volume of LED streetlights, according to The Times of India.

The contractor commissioned to install the lights has replaced only 600 out of the targeted 26,712 streetlights within a timeframe of 18 months.

Local government’s poor financial conditions and improper planning were cited as the main reason that the sluggish LED streetlight progression has been brought to a standstill The streetlight upgrade project, which was supposed to end a month ago, has not developed at all.

The Napur Municipal Council’s (NMC) delayed streetlight upgrade project is also vamping up costs. According to a source, the council has not paid JK Solution, the private company that was contracted with the streetlight project, for four months. As a result, the firm has stopped working altogether.

Moreover, the council has failed to meet various conditions and norms it included in the contract, due to loose planning. It has not made payments in accordance to the work done by the contractor every 30 days, or formed an escrow account for payment.

The same source also noted the council had not followed the conditions listed in the contract of paying every 30-days, and the agency had to wait 110 days for the first payment and 90 days for the second. The agency has not received any payment for the last four months, even though it sent frequent reminders to the city council.

The council’s electrical department entered an agreement with the private contractor on May 17, 2014 to replace 26,712 sodium vapor lights, which consumed 250W each with LED lamps that consumed only 105W. The energy saving initiative was considered beneficial for NMC, since the contractor was being paid out of energy savings.

Initially, the council agreed to open an escrow account to make payment to the contractor, but failed to set up an account till recent. The amount saved through energy savings was to be deposited into the account by NMC, and would be automatically transferred to the private company’s account, said the source.

An official from the electrical department responded: “There is no consensus among departments in NMC due to which problems are being faced in opening of the account. The mode of payment still remains an issue and a proper plan is being worked out. "

Despite the current challenges, the NMC intends to replace the remaining 105,000 streetlights with LED ones. It was prepared in July this year, but is likely to be delayed since the first streetlight replacement phase is still to be completed.

Prashant Pawar, an activist who had earlier exposed irregularities in the project, said, "I knew the project had no chance of completion. In the initial stage itself, I had pointed out various flaws and irregularities in the agreement. Without giving any further extension to private agency, at least now NMC should terminate the contract."

The Orange City of India LED Streetlight Upgrade Project Flops

The Orange City of India LED Streetlight Upgrade Project Flops

The Orange City of India LED Streetlight Upgrade Project Flops