India is majorly changing the way its streets light up at night

India is changing the way its streets light up at night, and it’s saving a lot of energy doing so.

Earlier this week, India’s union minister Piyush Goyal announced that more than 200,000 streetlights in south Delhi have been replaced with LED bulbs as part of what he described as the "world’s largest" project of its kind.

Unveiled in 2015, the National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting has already replaced 1.5 million streetlights with LED bulbs in several states including Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Goa, and Maharashtra. Read more...