Andhra Pradesh has the highest number of LED streetlights installed under the Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP), according to information provided in Parliament.
In a written reply by Union power minister, R.K. Singh, in the Lok Sabha on December 14, 2023, a total of around 1.30 crore LED streetlights have been installed in the country, as of given date.
Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan – in serial order – follow Andhra Pradesh in terms of total LED streetlight installations. The top ten states accounted for nearly 84 per cent of the total installations nationwide.
SLNP, launched in January 2015, is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) and aims to replace conventional streetlights by LED streetlights, nationwide.
According to information available independently from EESL’s SLNP dashboard, the programme is being implemented in partnership with different entities like state governments, gram panchayats, urban local bodies, etc. SLNP currently has a nationwide reach, except in some northeastern states and the UT of Ladakh. However, the implementation of SLNP in these areas is under discussion, according to EESL’s website.
In Andhra Pradesh, the Street Lighting National Programme is being implemented in partnership with individual urban local bodies (ULB) in the state, which possibly explains the high level of LED streetlight installations in the southern state. The only other states on the lines of Andhra Pradesh, in this respect, are Telangana and Jharkhand.
The power ministry, in his reply, also stated that EESL had the requisite capacity to support local self governments in achieving hundred per cent LED coverage of streetlights in the country, subject to regular payment of dues by the respective local self governments.
According to EESL, the replacement of conventional streetlights by LED lights has been resulting in annual energy saving of 8,900 million kwh, and the peak demand reduction is to the order of 1,488 MW.
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