Effort to cut power bills

CCC installs 100 LED streetlights

The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has installed 100 light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights under a pilot project from the city’s Kazir Dewari intersection to Tiger Pass intersection.
The aims behind this move are to cut the electricity bill, enhance the city’s beautification and facilitate visibility for smooth traffic flows across the port city at night. A self-financed scheme, the cost of the pilot project for installing these LED lights, which were inaugurated by city mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday, is Tk. 49 lakh.
The CCC has reintroduced 100 LED lights, including 60 78-W (watts) and 40 115-W lights, by replacing them with 100 existing 150W high-pressure sodium lamps in a 1.2 km area. The lights were installed by Omni Power Limited.
The city’s mayor said if the whole city could be brought under LED coverage, the electricity bill would be cut down by 72 to 75 per cent and the visibility of the city streets would be increased, as these LED lights would be much more luminous than the current sodium and other forms of streetlights.
For the streetlights in the main streets in the CCC area, the CCC currently has to pay Tk. 65 to 70 lakh as electricity bills every month. If all the streetlights of the main road are brought under LED coverage, the electricity bill would come down to Tk. 30 to 35 lakh.
“To bring the whole city under LED coverage, we do not have to invest any money. Some companies presented to us proposals that they would install LEDs in all the streetlights; we just have to pay them the amount of money that we have been paying every month towards the electricity bill for 10 years. After 10 years, they will hand over all the streetlights to us—it would then be an asset of the CCC,” said AJM Nasir Uddin, the city’s mayor, explaining the pilot project to journalists at Chittagong Club before the inauguration programme.
“Under the pilot project, we have installed 100 lights by spending Tk. 50 lakh. These were financed by the CCC. If the pilot project is a success, we will bring the whole city under LED coverage,” said Mohammad Zaved, chairman of the CCC’s standing committee for water and electricity.

Effort to cut power bills

CCC installs 100 LED streetlights

The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has installed 100 light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights under a pilot project from the citys Kazir Dewari intersection to Tiger Pass intersection. The aims behind this move are to cut the electricity bill, enhance the citys beautification and facilitate visibility for smooth traffic flows across the port city at night. A self-financed scheme, the cost of the pilot project for installing these LED lights, which were inaugurated by city mayor AJM Nasir Uddin yesterday, is Tk. 49 lakh. The CCC has reintroduced 100 LED lights, including 60 78-W (watts) and 40 115-W lights, by replacing them with 100 existing 150W high-pressure sodium lamps in a 1.2 km area. The lights were installed by Omni Power Limited. The citys mayor said if the whole city could be brought under LED coverage, the electricity bill would be cut down by 72 to 75 per cent and the visibility of the city streets would be increased, as these LED lights would be much more luminous than the current sodium and other forms of streetlights. For the streetlights in the main streets in the CCC area, the CCC currently has to pay Tk. 65 to 70 lakh as electricity bills every month. If all the streetlights of the main road are brought under LED coverage, the electricity bill would come down to Tk. 30 to 35 lakh. To bring the whole city under LED coverage, we do not have to invest any money. Some companies presented to us proposals that they would install LEDs in all the streetlights; we just have to pay them the amount of money that we have been paying every month towards the electricity bill for 10 years. After 10 years, they will hand over all the streetlights to usit would then be an asset of the CCC, said AJM Nasir Uddin, the citys mayor, explaining the pilot project to journalists at Chittagong Club before the inauguration programme. Under the pilot project, we have installed 100 lights by spending Tk. 50 lakh. These were financed by the CCC. If the pilot project is a success, we will bring the whole city under LED coverage, said Mohammad Zaved, chairman of the CCCs standing committee for water and electricity.