Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac has announced e-safe projects in his budget order to bring down electricity-related mishaps in the state, He said that CFL bulbs and filament bulbs will be completely banned from November onwards. 2.50 crore LED bulbs have been manufactured and all streetlights and government offices would have LED bulbs only.
The reason being The mercury in a fluorescent bulb can be released as both dust and vapour if the light is broken.
This toxic element is dangerous to people and animals and easily migrates through the environment in the air, water, and soil. Incandescent bulbs consume power massively compared to LED.
The state government is implementing the Filament Free Kerala project under the Urja Kerala Mission.
It is meant for replacing the entire incandescent lamps & CFLs of domestic consumers in the state by energy-efficient LED bulbs. The project is implemented by the Kerala State Electricity Board Ltd (KSEB) and the Energy Management Centre under the power department.
The state plans to generate 500 megawatts more electricity.
With the setting up of more transmission lines, the issues concerning power can be resolved. The electricity that could be brought via the Kochi-Edamon route would be equivalent to 200-megawatt power.
Another project worth Rs 10,000 crore has also been started and with this electricity equivalent to 2040 megawatt capacity could be generated. With this, voltage drop and power disruption could be prevented.
The government is yet to resolve power distribution. The government will also implement `Dhyuthi 2020’ worth Rs 4000 crore to draw two lines of 11 kilowatt from the transformers.
