Noida roads now lit up by one lakh LED lamps

NOIDA: As many as one lakh LED lights have been installed in the city in the past three years. The LED lights have not only made the lighting system smarter and more efficient but also the commute of working women in the city safe after dark, officials have said.

Noida Authority’s chief general manager Rajeev Tyagi said, “We have installed over a lakh LED lights across the city over the past three years. It is an achievement which no other civic body or municipal corporation has attained in the state. Though it has helped people from all sections, lit up streets were required particularly within the industrial sectors to make the day-to-day commute of the working women safe.”

Sharing details, the Authority officials said that so far 1,02,519 LED lights have been installed in the city. Among them 18,965 have been set up within the urban villages, while 13,000 have been installed in the sectors dominated by industrial units. The remaining have been set up within the residential blocks.

In July 2018, the Authority tied up with a subsidiary of the Tata Group to replace all the solar lamps and traditional tube lights with light emitting diodes. The Authority officials said that a central controlling system has also been set up that relays information about dysfunctional lights on a real-time basis.

Swati Shukla, who stays in Sector 128, said, “From the time we got the option of working from home, I started going out for evening walks. Earlier the roads outside our society were dark. But now they are properly lit up”

The officials said they have taken extra care to make the bus stops and crossings safer. “We have coordinated with the police department to increase vigil around areas that are getting developed during the night. 7X sectors is one cluster where police patrolling has been beefed up during the night,” Tyagi said.