By Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore:

The compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), considered as energy saving light is posing as the biggest threat to the Garden City as heaps of broken and discarded lamps are ending up in lake beds, posing danger to the groundwater.

Low price, high value
CFLs use only 20 per cent of the energy an incandescent bulb uses, to generate the same amount of illumination. They also last much longer. But they cost up to 10 times more. If made available at Rs 10-15, they will be great value for money.

The plan

THE Greenpeace activists on Friday launched the Bachat Lamp Yojana in the city. Film director Vasanth and Bengali actor Dhritiman Chatterjee, who acted in the recently released Tamil film Yaavarum Nalam, were present.

As a part of the launch, the activists set up a stall near the Gandhi Statue on Marina Beach and sold Compact Florescent Lamps (CFLs) at Rs 15.

CHENNAI: Electricals and consumer appliances major Bajaj Electricals inaugurated its first green office in Chennai on Saturday.

COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board is educating school and college students on energy conservation so that the message reaches more people, according to P. Annadurai, Superintending Engineer of the Board, Coimbatore South.

Leora Broydo Vestel
IT SOUNDS like such a simple thing to do: buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, save the planet.

Nandini Chandrashekar,DH News Service,Bangalore:

Energy conservation and responsible use of power is a matter of urgent concern in the present scenario.

Pune On Thursday, the BEE and Prayas Energy group conducted a day-long seminar among stakeholders on the successful implementation of the recently announced 'Bachat Lamp Yojana' scheme by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).

The ambitious programme to replace bulbs with energy-efficient CFLs by 2012 is a noteworthy step
Business Standard / New Delhi March 9, 2009, 0:18 IST