Rajshahi city dwellers will get another illuminated street as the city corporation has set to bring the road under lighting facilities within a shortest possible time.
The newly renovated road from Kalpana Cinema Hall crossing to Talaimary crossing, which was recently elevated to four-lane with a median and a 2.20- meter wide footpath on both sides at a cost of around Tk 127.5 crore, will be illuminated.
Now, erection works of 130 electric poles on the island of the road are progressing fast and each of the poles will have 13 modern lights. Apart from this, 180 garden lights will be installed on the embankment along the south side of the road. The energy saving lights will be turned on and off automatically by the autologic controller.
City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton accompanied by others concerned inspected the site on Sunday. Couple of weeks back, the city corporation has brought the walkway on the city protection embankment under lighting as it has constructed the walkway and installed 40 decorated and eye-catching lights on 40 poles.
Very recently, the city corporation has introduced lighting on the newly- constructed 4-kilometer four-lane west road from Bihash to Nader Hazi crossing.
Another 2.5-kilometer portion of the four-lane road has also been brought under the modern lighting with installation of 174 modern LED bulbs on 87 poles at a cost of around Taka 2.25 crore.
The city corporation has installed and launched a modern and eye-catching lighting system on the 4.2-kilomter Bilsimla-Kasiadanga road to ensure security of people and vehicles during the night time movement in the city. A total of 174 altitude decorative poles were installed with 384 power-saving
LED bulbs in the shape of flying butterflies at a cost of around Taka 5.22 crore. To make Rajshahi city more bright and attractive at night, the high altitude flood lights were installed in the city street.
Liton said the road has recently been elevated to a four-lane from 30 feet to 80 feet wide with 10 feet wide footpaths and concrete drains on both sides of the road at a cost of around Taka 52.75 crore.
There is also an eight-foot bicycle lane on the southern side of the road. A decorative island has been constructed while trees were already planted on the island to bring a greenery look there, he said.
"We've also installed street lighting on both sides of the widened roads from Upashahar crossing to Sonadighi crossing and from Malopara to Sagarpara crossing at a cost of around Taka 2.5 crore," Liton added.
