CFL scheme launched in HP

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Shimla, Aug 15 : Himachal Pradesh chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Friday launched the ambitious ‘Atal Bijli Bachat Yojna’ under which every household of the state would be given four Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) free of cost.

Dhumal launched the scheme at the Independence Day function at Paonta Sahib in Sirmour district.

He distributed CFL packs to the domestic consumers belonging to the families of freedom fighters and Kargil martyrs. All 16.5 lakh domestic consumers of the state would be provided four lamps each as replacement of as many incandescent lamps under the scheme named after the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The scheme is being implemented through HP State Electricity Board (HPSEB) at a cost of Rs 80 crore. There would be one-and-half years of guarantee on every CFL, sources in the HPSEB said. A 20 watt CFL lamp produces the same lumens as a 100 watt incandescent lamp, they said.

After installation of these CFL bulbs, consumers shall be benefited by reduction of their energy bill to the tune of 30 to 40 % per month, the HPSEB said in a release.

The total energy saving with the use of CFL is anticipated to the extent of 270 million units, the sources addded.