Solar energy to illuminate Talkatora stadium

The compound of Talkatora indoor stadium, upgraded by New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), will now be illuminated by solar energy, the civic body said today.

As an initiative of NDMC's ''Green and Clean Delhi'' for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, 60 solar energy
lights have been installed by M/s Linkage Technologies Inc in the stadium's compound.

These lights are made of Light Emitting Diode (LED) chip which consume minimum energy, an NDMC spokesperson said.

He shared that 600 watts of LED lights provided more illumination than 400 watts of sodium vapour lamps.

The average lifetime of each LED light, requiring little maintenance, is 50,000 hours.

After sunset these lights would illuminate automatically and after sunrise get switched off.

''This effort is a step to protect environment and conserve energy,'' the spokesperson added.

Talkatora stadium has been selected as competition venue for boxing.