The Delhi government is looking into the possibility of installing solar lighting on Signature Bridge. The project is already a decade in the making and likely to be completed by the year-end and now the effort is to make it energy-efficient.
"I have requested Delhi Tourism to examine if we can use solar energy to light the bridge up and the ramps leading up to the structure," tourism minister Somnath Bharti, who has been monitoring construction work, said.
Under the bridge an impressive tourist destination is being planned, complete with water sports facilities. "The idea is to use solar energy in these areas as well," Bharti said. But these facilities will be developed under the project's second phase. Running late by three years largely because of delays in getting environment clearance, the minister said, he hoped it would meet the year-end completion deadline. "The western approach is open to traffic and the eastern approach will be inaugurated next month," an official said.
Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) is building the bridge and looking into the feasibility of the proposal. A senior tourism official said: "CPWD has done two projects like this, Paryavaran Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan. The idea is to produce electricity in the day and supply it to the grid. When we need power at night, we draw from the grid. We will pay for only what we consume minus what we supply to the grid."
DTTDC has executed a pilot project in Dilli Haat, making it solar powered. "The Dilli Haat project is done and a couple more are becoming solar powered," added the %official.
The Signature Bridge will provide an essential link between North and East Delhi. Once constructed, it will replace the bridge at Wazirabad. "The cable-stayed structure will link NH-1 near the T-point at Wazirabad on the Western bank with Marginal Band Road at Khajuri Khas on the Eastern bank of Yamuna connecting North Delhi to East Delhi," an official said.
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