Smart City In Dark: SMC Fails To Install Street Lights In Srinagar.

As the Jammu Kashmir administration is making efforts towards developing Srinagar as a Smart City, there is a glaring lack of fulfilling the basic needs of dwellers in the city areas

Locals are saying the street lights are defunct in many areas of capital, while authorities have failed to even install street lights in some areas.

Residents of the city have expressed resentment over “inordinate” delay in installing street lights in their respective areas.

In many city areas including Rajbagh, Khanyar, Hazratbal, Saida Kadal poles have been erected but lights have not been installed. In some localities where street lights have been installed but locals complain the installed lights never lit up the streets.

“Street lights have been installed in our area but they are never switched On” said Syed Mohsin, a resident of Old City’s Hawal area.

“Poles have not been erected equidistant to each other. This is unprofessional and makes city look ugly” said Mohsin.

The lighting in the city is being done by three departments together which include J&K Housing Board, Power Development Department (PDD) and Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC).