LEDs to replace Kanpur streetlights by 2020

By 2020, conventional streetlights in Kanpur (India) would be replaced by LEDs. The LEDs consume one-third of the power consumed by the conventional streetlights and also illuminate a larger area. The LED bulbs and tubelights would become a part of every household due to less power consumption, said Amrit Manwani, an alumnus of IIT-Kanpur. Manwani, a co-ordinator of 1972 batch, said LED tubelights and bulbs consume only 1/10 of the power consumed by tubelights and bulbs. He said that by 2020 only tubelight made of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) would be used in the country.