Which of the following is the world’s largest street light replacement programme of India?
Which of the following is the world’s largest street light replacement programme of India?
[A]Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP)
[B]Energy Efficiency National Programme (EENP)
[C]Single Phase National Programme (SPNP)
[D]Energy Efficiency Street Programme (EESP)
Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP)
The Union Power Minister, Piyush Goyal has recently dedicated the Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) to the nation at South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) area in New Delhi on January 9, 2017. Beside this, Goyal has also launched a mobile app “Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) Complaint App” for SDMC, wherein users can now lodge complaints about faulty street lights. The SLNP is the world’s largest street light replacement programme, which is being implemented by the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture under the Ministry of Power, Government of India. Presently, the SLNP programme is running in more than 14 states. A total of 15.36 lakh street lights have already been replaced in the country with LED bulbs. This programme save energy of over 20 crore kWh, avoiding capacity of nearly 51 MW and reducing around 1.7 lakh tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per annum.