Question : Street Lighting National Programme

(a) whether the Government is implementing the Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) to promote the use of LED lights in place of conventional Street lights in the country and if so, the details of the scheme along with the number of streetlights installed, since its inception, State-wise;

(b) whether SLNP is currently being implemented only in a few selected States and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c) the total number of Local Bodies which have entered into contract with Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL) for replacement of street lights with LED lights under SLNP so far, State-wise;

(d) whether the Government has made any study on the implementation of the project and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government for effective implementation of SLNP?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND
NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI R.K. SINGH )


(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.338 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 03.01.2019 REGARDING STREET LIGHTING NATIONAL PROGRAMME.
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(a) to (e) : Hon’ble Prime Minister, on 5th January, 2015, launched Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) to replace 1.34 crore conventional street lights with energy efficient LED street lights by March, 2019. SLNP is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture company of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Ministry of Power. Till date, EESL has installed over 76.77 lakh LED street lights in 28 States/UTs.

2. SLNP is voluntary in nature and runs without any budgetary support from Government of India. The entire investment in supply, installation and maintenance of LED Street Lights is made by EESL. Payment to EESL is made by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) from the resultant savings achieved in terms of reductions in electricity bills and maintenance cost, in respect of the street lights covered under the programme, over a period of seven years.

3. SLNP is implemented in States/ULBs, which have signed the implementation agreement with EESL. As on date, it is implemented in all ULBs of 13 States and 1 Union Territory (Annexure-I) and partially in 11 other states and 3 UTs (Annexure-II), including States/UTs where demonstration projects have been successfully completed.

4. SLNP has not been implemented so far in the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya and Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.

5. Till date, total 1,492 ULBs have signed the implementation agreement with EESL for replacement of conventional street lights with LED street lights. Out of these ULBs, installation work in 712 ULBs has been completed. States/UTs wise number of ULBs which have signed the implementation agreement with EESL for this programme is at Annexure-III.

6. EESL has conducted the studies on the implementation of SLNP in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. The gist of findings emerging from these studies is at Annexure IV.

7. For effective implementation of SLNP as well as for expediting the implementation in remaining states/UTs, the following steps have been taken by ESSL/Government:

(i) EESL has submitted proposals for replacement of Conventional street lights with LED street to the remaining States/UTs

(ii) Letters have been issued by Secretary (Power) to all the Chief Secretaries of all the States/UTs for implementation of SLNP Programme in their respective states

(iii) Real time monitoring is done of performance of the installed Street Lights by Centralised Control and Monitoring System (CCMS).

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