Of the 66,930 streetlights installed across Raipur, only 667 are currently non-functional, accounting for less than one per cent of the total. The Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) is repairing these lights while undertaking the installation of 1,978 new streetlight fittings on vacant poles across the city. The Electrical Department at the RMC headquarters has allocated Rs 5 lakh from infrastructure funds to each municipal zone for the work. Using these funds, the zones have procured 1,978 fittings. Zone-wise, the numbers are:

 

Zone 1 (212), Zone 2 (140), Zone 3 (212), Zone 4 (202), Zone 5 (200), Zone 6 (215), Zone 7 (200), Zone 8 (197), Zone 9 (188) and Zone 10 (212). The fittings in Zone 7 have been procured using Corporation funds. Installation is currently underway on vacant poles across the zones. Four dedicated teams have been deployed in each zone, with work being carried out on a priority basis. A workforce of 102 personnel engaged through a placement agency is handling the operation and maintenance of streetlights, along with the installation of the new fittings. Individual zones have also installed streetlights in various wards using funds from Corporators’ discretionary allocations, commonly known as Parshad Nidhi. Repair work on the 667 non-functional streetlights is ongoing across all zones.