Civic body stresses use of LEDs to save energy

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is in the process of implementing a new 'Advertisement policy' to curb the number of illegal hoardings and avoid wastage of electricity consumed by the 3,439-odd neon sign boards and hoardings erected across the city. Ramesh Shelar, head of the sky signs department said that the new policy clear states that advertisers must now use LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) in the neon sign boards to reduce the amount of energy consumption.