Delhi moves another step towards world class city

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Smt. Sheila Dikshit today chaired a High Level Meeting to take stock of the present situation of the streetlighting in the Capital city.  She stressed upon the need of 100% functional street lights.  Smt. Dikshit also expressed her concern over number of non-functional street lights on certain important roads.  The meeting was attended by the Power Minister Sh. Haroon Yusuf, PWD Minister Sh. Raj Kumar Chauhan, Chief Secretary Sh. P.K. Tripathi, Pr. Secretary (PWD), Pr. Secretary (Power) and senior officers of DISCOMs and all other Departments/agencies concerned. 

Dikshit stated that despite installation of SCADA system, the percentage of functional street lights has not improved.  It seems that proper monitoring over SCADA is not being done.  Apart from this, multiplicity of agencies on streetlighting work is also resulting in problem.  She instructed the Chief Secretary to come out with a mechanism after detail consultations with all concerned agencies to ensure well-lit roads matching to a world-class city.  It was stated that presently eight agencies are involved in streetlighting related works.  The roads transferred by the corporations and other major PWD roads needs attention.  Smt. Dikshit also instructed that the maintenance of streetlighting and replacement of non-functional lights by the new one must be taken up seriously.