In a bid to reduce power consumption, Corporation of Chennai has proposed to build solar bus shelters on major arterial roads. Officials said the solar-powered bus shelters will also have charging points for mobile phones.
A senior corporation official said: “Some bus shelters in the city have at least 20 tubelights. These consume a lot of power. To cut back on power consumption, we are considering solar-powered bus shelters on arterial roads.”
Officials said they are yet to finalise locations for the proposed solar bus shelters. “The plan is only in its initial stage. We are also studying solar bus shelters which were introduced in Trichy.”
Solar bus shelters were also introduced in New Delhi. However, the concept of solar bus shelters is yet to be common in the state. In Trichy, P Kumar, AIADMK MP had sanctioned Rs 99.70 lakh for 18 modern bus shelters and solar power lights from his Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund. Each bus shelter was constructed at Rs 4.5 lakh. The fibre glasses on the roof of the bus shelters will produce about 200 watts power.
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