Street Lights

India To Turn Off Lights For 9 Minutes Tonight On PM's COVID-19 Appeal

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Sunday April 5, 2020

Twelvedays into a total lockdown to control the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, India will turn off lights for nine minutes at 9 pm tonight after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Friday morning and gave a call for unity to "fight the darkness of coronavirus pandemic".

No Cops, Street Lights Go Out: Many Questions As Masked Men Attack JNU

India News | Reported by Shonakshi Chakravarty, Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday January 6, 2020

A day after masked goons, armed with sticks and stones, barged into Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University and went on a brutal rampage, several unanswered questions remain about the horrific attack

Arvind Kejriwal Announces Installation Of 2.1 Lakh Street Lights In Delhi

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 30, 2019

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced the beginning of installation of 2.1 lakh street lights in the city, saying the move will eliminate dark spots and enhance women's safety.

Around 2.1 Lakh Street Lights To Be Installed In Delhi Under New Scheme

Delhi News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 23, 2019

For women's safety in the capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced a new scheme for installing street lights at unlit dark spots across the city.

3 Injured After Car Hits Divider In Delhi, Liquor Bottles Found At Spot

Delhi News | ANI | Saturday September 14, 2019

Three people sustained critical injuries on Friday night after the car they were travelling in lost control and collided with a street light on the road divider.

Delhi Police Didn't Appreciate Orders To Install CCTV Cameras: High Court

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 9, 2019

The Delhi High Court today said the police did not appreciate the seriousness of its past orders to ensure better street lighting and CCTV cameras in West Delhi's Aman Vihar area, despite hundreds of cases of missing children and adults being reported from there.

Man With Mental Disabilities Climbs Street Light Pole In Noida

Noida News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 27, 2019

A 26-year-old man with mental disabilities climbed a street light pole in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on Monday, ensuing a ruckus that continued for at least half an hour, officials said.

15-Year-Old Indian-Origin Boy In Google Science Fair Finals For "Smart Street Light"

Indians Abroad | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 26, 2019

A Dubai-based Indian boy has ranked among the top 100 regional finalists for the Google Science Fair global contest for his project to make street lights smarter, according to media reports.

Why This Village Has Lit Up A 3 Km Road With Over 1,000 Street Lights

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Monday April 8, 2019

A dusty road on the outskirts of Xi'an holds the dubious distinction of having the most street lights installed along it - and the reasons are not all altruistic.

Will "Donate A Kidney" To Fund Street Lights: Delhi Congress Councillor

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 21, 2019

In a bizarre protest, a Congress councillor in the BJP-led South Delhi Municipal Corporation Wednesday wrote a letter to the area's mayor, offering to "donate one of his kidneys" to raise funds for the installation of streets lights in the Aya Nagar ward in Delhi.

Palghar Villagers Oppose Bullet Train Project, Want "Doctors, Facilities"

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 17, 2018

Ponds, ambulances, solar street lights and medical facilities are some of the demands that the villagers in Maharashtra's Palghar district want met before they agree to the government's ambitious bullet train project, say officials.

DDA Housing Scheme Soon After Municipal Polls: Report

Business | Press Trust of India | Sunday April 9, 2017

The scheme was earlier planned to be launched in February but ancillary infrastructure work, like building of connecting roads and installation of street lights, around some of the flats is still going on at some sites.

World's Largest LED Street Light Replacement Project Launched

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 10, 2017

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday launched the "world's largest" LED street light replacement project completed by SDMC in south Delhi wherein two lakh conventional street lights have been replaced with energy efficient LEDs.

In First, Road Paved With Solar Panels Powers French Town

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 23, 2016

France on Thursday inaugurated the world's first "solar highway", a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre.

Yet Another Car Crash Leaves Crumpled Heap And Two Dead

Snigdha Basu | Monday October 17, 2016

Early this morning, a Hyundai in Delhi toppled over on a large road in central Delhi, a street light jammed right through the middle of the car in a terrible accident. There were five people in the car, all in their 20s, who had driven from Haryana to Delhi to attend a friend's wedding. The driver and the person riding shotgun have died. Two of the...