BENGALURU: Bengaluru will soon have brighter street lights at a lower cost as the ambitious project by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to use Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs has received the government’s nod. The work order for the project will be issued within a month.
Bengaluru has 4,70,648 street lamps for which BBMP pays a monthly bill amounting to Rs 12 crore. According to BBMP, with this project, it will be saving at least Rs 3.5 crore every month. An official from BBMP said, “The project has been approved and work order will be issued shortly. By the end of 2021 all street lights in Bengaluru will have LED bulbs.”
