GHMC gave nod to LED project to light up Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Standing Committee of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has given its go ahead for a pilot project to illuminate city roads with LED (light-emitting diode) lamps on Thursday.
A meeting of the Standing Committee chaired by GHMC Mayor Mohd Majid Hussain approved the proposal to undertake the pilot project before expanding it to the entire city. As part of the pilot project, the corporation will install 1,000 LED lamps on the city streets and monitor it for one month.
'The LED lamps project will be taken up on pilot basis by installing 1,000 lamps initially. The officials will monitor the performance of the LED lamps for one month. After the stipulated period, the members of the Standing Committee will inspect the LED lamp-equipped street lights before expanding it to the entire corporation,' Hussain said after the Standing Committee meeting.
The committee also took decisions like procurement of 3000 rickshaws at the rate of 25 for each division and delegation of powers to special deputy collector (land acquisition) from chief city planner to expedite the land acquisition cases in the corporation limits in a speedy manner, procurement of 15000 new garbage bins to cover all the open points in the corporation limits and delegation of powers zonal commissioners to sanction works worth Rs 25 lakh from the existing limits Rs 10 lakh.
The Mayor said the enhancement of the sanction limit of the zonal commissioner would not only help the public representatives to reach the expectation of their electorate but also allow the officials to perform more efficiently. The Standing Committee also requested the commissioner to put up a preamble of Rs 600-crore project of nalas for its approval during the next meeting.
News Posted: 8 August, 2014
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