LED lights to illumite Agartala

Agartala, January 9: The Tripura government has initiated a move to illumite Agartala through LED lights, replacing sodium vapour and other lamps to save energy by over 40 percent, a minister said here on Friday. "The Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to put up LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights in the entire Agartala city," Power and Urban Development Minister Manik Dey told reporters. He said: "The entire cost of the project of Rs.20 crore (to put up 35,000 LED lights) would be borne by the EESL. .