GHMC SELLING BULBS, FANS TO CUT POWER USE

Hoping to reduce the city’s power consumption — especially during the notorious mid-summer crisis — the GHMC is handing out energyefficient fans and LED tubelights for low prices, at its office.

The corporation will sell these items to you provided you have an Aadhaar card and a general identification card. This is being done to reduce the total power consumption in the city.

“Ninety-watt bulbs, 20 watt tubelight and energy-efficient fans are being sold at lower rates to conserve energy. With the purchase of these essentials, 50 per cent of the load will be reduced,” Srinivas Chary, executive engineer of the GHMC’s electrical wing, said.

He added: “Domestic and commercial units are the highest energy consumers. There are 23 lakh families in Greater Hyderabad and if every family uses these essentials, the city will save 300 megawatts in the system. We are targeting four bulbs, two tube lights and two fans for every family.”

The GHMC has teamed up with Efficiency Services Limited, a central government agency, for the Ujjala project — it has subsided rates and put these energy-saving essentials on sale. The limit per family is 10 bulbs.

Every sale will be recorded on the website. The ID card is mandatory as the GHMC does not want any citizen to resell the items.