New Delhi: Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture company of Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) of Ministry of Power has installed more than 1.28 crore LED street lights across 29 States/UTs under Street Lighting National Programme. This information has been given by the Union Minister of Power, New & Renewable Energy RK Singh in the Parliament on Thursday.

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 5, 2015 had launched Street Lighting National Programme, which is being implemented by EESL to replace conventional street lights with smart and energy efficient LED street lights. It is a voluntary programme and is being implemented across the country.

Under the programme, EESL had set an objective of converting an estimated number of 1.34 crores of existing conventional street lights across all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/Gram Panchayats (GPs) of the country with energy-efficient LED street lights in five years. For the same, EESL enters into agreement with ULBs/GPs directly or through the concerned State/UT Governments before replacement of street lights is taken up by EESL.

"Being a voluntary programme, no specific targets have been set for SLNP. Till date, EESL has installed more than 1.28 crore. LED Street Lights across 29 States/UTs," the Ministry of Power said in an official statement.

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