Jagananna Palle Velugu Scheme 4 Lakh LED & Street Light Distribution, AP Street Light Installation Scheme:- AP YSR government has launched the Jagananna Palle Velugu Scheme in the Andhra Pradesh state. This scheme aims to install 4 Lakh extra LED Street lights in addition to existing 25 lakh street lights. This decision was taken by Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy to ensure more lights in the rural and urban areas wherein previous LED lights are not installed.
Andhra Pradesh Street Light Installation Scheme as well as new Complaint Management System will ensure security in remote areas. The LED Street Lights CMS will involve village secretaries to address complaints on non-functional street lights. Around 7,000 energy assistants will be deputed to address such complaints.
Moreover, the services of 2.7 lakh village volunteers will also be utilized in identifying and reporting on malfunctioning street lights. The CMS will also have 1 executive at the assembly constituency level, 1 at the revenue division level and 1 at the district level to monitor and supervise repair works of street lights.
Jagananna Palle Velugu Scheme
Andhra Pradesh government has realized that there are more places where lights are required to provide the lights this scheme is started again. In this phase total, 4 lakh street lights will be placed in urban and rural areas of the Andhra Pradesh state. There is a total of 2,000 places across the state where these lights are required. These selected areas do not have street lights. Till now they are not yet covered in any present project. The goals of environmental protection, reduction of dark spots in AP state.
| Scheme | Jagananna Palle Velugu Scheme |
| Launched In | Andhra Pradesh |
| Aim | To install 4 Lakh Street lights |
| Beneficiaries | Urban And Rural Areas |
Key Benefits of AP Street Light Installation Scheme
- Now the areas which do not have lights will get the LED street lights.
- This will also help to ensure women’s safety in rural and urban areas.
- There are no toxic chemicals like mercury in LED street lights.
- Reduced maintenance costs and lesser heat production is a major reason for its installation in remote areas.
- After installation of these LED street lights under YSR Jagananna Palle Velugu Scheme, there would be less areas of dark spots.
- The new LED lights to be installed will have improved color rendering comparative to other street lamps.
- LED lights will consume less electricity.
- These street lights will be environmentally friendly.
- LED street lights depreciate at a much slower rate than other alternatives.
- These LED lights does not have filaments, so they do not burn out quickly and have incredibly long lives.
- This will also reduce maintenance costs.
- LED lights to be installed would consume little energy while providing appropriate lighting on streets. This would result in ensuring safety of women on roads.
CMS For Palle Velugu Scheme
Complaint Monitoring System (CMS) for Streetlights AP govt. has also decided to entrust the responsibility of Complaint Monitoring System (CMS) of the streetlights to village secretariats. It is because 80% of the public representatives expressed dissatisfaction over the repair and maintenance of the lights. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on 30 June 2020.
Jagananna Palle Velugu Pathakam by Village Volunteers
AP YSR LED Street Light Scheme or a new modified Complaint Management System will ensure security and safety in remote areas. The LED Street Lights CMS will involve village secretaries to address complaints on nonworking street lights. Around 7,000 energy assistants will be deputed to address such complaints.
