3,500 Complaints In 3 Months On Poor LED Street Lights

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Post half a year of its scheduled completion date, Energy Efficiency Services (ESSL) has failed to deliver its LED street lighting project. As of now 3,500 complaints on lack of streetlights in some areas and on the newly-installed streetlights malfunctioning have been lodged in the past three months and only 200 complaints have been resolved. In total, 57,000 LED streetlights have been installed till now. Together with the existing 3,000 conventional energy-consuming streetlights, there are currently 60,000 streetlights in the city. The problem of non-functioning streetlights was recently raised in a house meeting.