The railways plans to install Light Emitting Diodes(LED) named display boards at major railways stations of Ratlam division. The list of stations also includes Indore and Ujjain.
Railway officials said this LED display board will be visible from long distance and will also save power consumption by around 30 per cent than that of those normal display boards. The total cost for installation of these two display boards has been estimated to be around 6.10lakh.
According to TOI, a railway official said that a tender is going to be floated for the purpose. And it is expected to take around three months. He said that this was also a part of measures being taken up by the railways to reduce power consumption.
The railways has also started installing LED lights on the premises of its stations, hospitals and offices to save electricity. The monthly electricity consumption in the division is around 9 lakh units, for which the railways has to pay around Rs.6 to 7 crore per month. Replacing all traditional lightings with power saver LED lights will help the railway save around 2-3 lakh unit per month.
