GHMC New Ujala project

Hyderabad, February 26: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation is going to promote usage of LED bulbs and tube lights in association with Energy Efficient Services Limited (ESSL) paid rich dividends as over 1.25 lakh bulbs, tube lights and fans were sold in a span of 15 days.Each LED bulb is being offered at Rs 70, a tube light for Rs 230 and a fan for Rs1,150.

"20-watt tube light, 9watt bulbs, and energy-efficient fans are being sold at lower rates to conserve energy. With the purchase of these essentials, 50 percent of the load will be reduced", Srinivas Chary, executive engineer of the GHMC’s electrical wing, said.

He added: "Domestic and commercial units are the highest energy consumers. There are 23 lakh families in Greater Hyderabad and if every family uses these essentials, the city will save 300 megawatts in the system. We are targeting four bulbs, two tube lights and two fans for every family."



The GHMC has teamed up with Efficiency Services Limited, a central government agency, for the Ujala project — it has subsided rates and put these energy-saving essentials on sale. The limit per family is 10 bulbs. Every sale will be recorded on the website. The ID card is mandatory as the GHMC does not want any citizen to resell the items.

The corporation will sell these items to you provided you have an Aadhaar card and a general identification card. This is being done to reduce the total power consumption in the city.

More importantly, the civic body claimed it would also bring down the carbon dioxide production by 11,723 tons. Taking into consideration all these factors, the GHMC had decided to promote the usage of LED bulbs and tube lights for all the 23 lakh households in the city. Accordingly, among the 150 wards, the GHMC authorities conducted awareness programs in 100 wards.

The weather of co2 has reduced by using led bulbs,1 led bulb will decrease 0.99kg of co2 and it will save Rs.520 within the year.