In a rush to override the decisions taken by the previous regime, the BJP government has drawn up a new action plan to instal streetlights in Bengaluru in violation of a government order.
The latest action plan under the chief minister’s Nava Nagarothana grants allows the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to instal light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs in 13 areas falling under wards 26, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 81, 87 and 102.
Last year, the Congress-JD(S) coalition government had issued the work order to a company that was picked through global tendering. The company was to instal LED streetlights on all the 4.7 lakh electricity poles in the city under the Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) model and maintain them for 10 years.
