<p>Thanks to its adoption of solar energy to power its traffic signals, the City traffic police have hit paydirt saving a whopping Rs 1.73 crore in energy bill. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M A Saleem, said: “We paid a total of <br />Rs 19.58 lakh to Bescom in 2012. The solar-powered traffic signals, installed since 2001, have helped us a lot. We have solar-powered traffic signals at all busy junctions in City.” <br /><br />“Today we have around 251 timers as energy consumed by solar-powered traffic signals has reduced drastically. There are over 343 regular signals and 42 pedestrian control signals, all of them with LED lights.” <br /><br />Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), engaged in design, development and manufacture of electronic equipment, has been providing solar-run traffic signals in City. <br /><br />A BEL official said: “The energy consumption of a conventional traffic signal is 2,150 watt, whereas solar-powered LED signal consumes just 150 watt. The solar-powered traffic signal operates for a total of 14 hours per day and for the remaining 10 hours, it is on blinking mode. During 2011- 2012, we had set up a total of 193 signals at various junctions.” <br /><br />No more chaos<br /><br />“Earlier, when power lines were shut down, with traffic signals off, it used to create chaos at traffic junctions. However, now with solar-powered signals, the problem has been solved to a great extent,” said D S Rajshekhar, a commuter from Kalyan Nagar. <br /></p>
<p>Thanks to its adoption of solar energy to power its traffic signals, the City traffic police have hit paydirt saving a whopping Rs 1.73 crore in energy bill. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M A Saleem, said: “We paid a total of <br />Rs 19.58 lakh to Bescom in 2012. The solar-powered traffic signals, installed since 2001, have helped us a lot. We have solar-powered traffic signals at all busy junctions in City.” <br /><br />“Today we have around 251 timers as energy consumed by solar-powered traffic signals has reduced drastically. There are over 343 regular signals and 42 pedestrian control signals, all of them with LED lights.” <br /><br />Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), engaged in design, development and manufacture of electronic equipment, has been providing solar-run traffic signals in City. <br /><br />A BEL official said: “The energy consumption of a conventional traffic signal is 2,150 watt, whereas solar-powered LED signal consumes just 150 watt. The solar-powered traffic signal operates for a total of 14 hours per day and for the remaining 10 hours, it is on blinking mode. During 2011- 2012, we had set up a total of 193 signals at various junctions.” <br /><br />No more chaos<br /><br />“Earlier, when power lines were shut down, with traffic signals off, it used to create chaos at traffic junctions. However, now with solar-powered signals, the problem has been solved to a great extent,” said D S Rajshekhar, a commuter from Kalyan Nagar. <br /></p>