CDA plans to swap streetlights with LEDs, again

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) appears to be in no mood to clear the air over inexplicably astronomical electricity charges it is paying to the Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco). For reasons unknown, the CDA is not holding an audit to determine the exact number of streetlights in the capital. Iesco has capitalised on the civic agency’s laxity, evidenced by it charging against 65,000 streetlights even though the actual number is far smaller.