Campaign to increase city lighting launched

The Ulaanbaatar Mayor’s Office launched the “City with Lights” campaign as part of the “One City – One Standard” goal. As part of the campaign, city lighting in Ulaanbaatar will be increased threefold, the Mayor’s Office underlined. In addition, officials are implementing better lightning management that will be suited according to seasonal conditions.

City lighting will be improved and repaired as part of the program. The program will also improve lighting management, where the lighting will be connected to the main system to turn on and off at the same time. The campaign will also prioritize lamps that are more energy efficient.

Of the 90,000 lights that are supposed to be operational in nine districts, only 61,070 were classified as operational. City officials explained that the reason many lights become faulty is that there is no accountability for subcontractors that construct the lights. Lights in the more remote parts of the city are not repaired in addition. This has left many places without lighting.

Around 1,600 lights will be repaired until December 1, according to the Mayor’s Office. Around 742 broken streetlights in ger district areas will be repaired. Popular monuments and downtown buildings will have improved lighting. In addition, residents can report any malfunctioning street lights to the city administration and officials have said that immediate action will be taken to repair any broken streetlights.