Agartala: Tripura will present the success story of Light Emitting Diode (LED) illumination of Agartala tomorrow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all other Indian city administrators at Vigyan Bhawan. Tripura Urban Development Minister Manik Dey on Wednesday said that Ministry of Urban Development has convened a meeting of urban development ministers and city administrators of all states tomorrow followed by a one-day workshop on Smart city project on June 26. We have been asked to make a presentation on LED illumination project of Agartala before the Prime Minister at opening session. Secretary Urban Development Lok Ranjan will present the success story of Tripura, Dey said. He, however, pointed out that Ministry of Urban Development has indicated that existing city development project JNNURM launched by UPA-1 government is going to be changed with new AMRUT scheme including Smart City project. The Prime Minister will announce two new projects for Indian urban citizens altering the existing projects, Mr Dey stated, adding that the Centre has also proposed to go for new funding pattern with the states and beneficiaries in the project. However, the ministry has appreciated successful implementation of LED illumination project in Agartala by Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL), an undertaking of Ministry of Power. More than 85 per cent of existing city illuminating system of Agartala has already been replaced with LED. The most modern energy efficient illuminating system in the city roads. This is not only reduce our energy billing, also provides better lighting on streets and gives a modern look, Mr Dey stated. The Rs 18 crore project has been undertaken by EESL without any capital investment from the state government. The LED illumination is indicated to save about 50 per cent of the electricity bill of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) annually. As per agreement between EESL and AMC, EESL will take back it’s invested capital from the savings of electric bill annually for next five years and during this period the operations and maintenance will be taken care of by EESL administration. The LED system has auto-switching mechanism and already programmed by the engineers based on the requirement of lighting at night. All the lights will be on automatically at the sunset and gradually a few will be off at night as human activity reduces. After mid-night, one-third of the lights are being operational based on requirement. As a result, consumption of power is automatically reduced, Mr Dey added. As many as 33,816 sodium viper and CFL halogen illuminating system has been replaced with LED lighting in entire AMC area. Agartala is the third city of the country which replaced illumination completely with LED. Two Indian cities, Hyderabad and Vijayawada, have been replaced with LED lighting by EESL. (UNI)