ludhiana in a move that has drawn much criticism the municipal corporation mc has decided to install streetlights on the bank of buddha nullah after uprooting the existing lights from major roads in the city many councillors have questioned the futility of the move saying if the existing streetlights can function then what was the use of uprooting them and installing elsewhere they have termed it as sheer wastage of money public that seemed linked to some fishy businessalready mc is in the dock for approving installation of fancy lights on major roads in city the proposal for installing fancy lights on five major roads of the city at a cost of rs 5 crore was presented before the finance and contract committee fcc in a meeting held on january 17 it was held that lights installed on these five major roads had gone out of order and their term expired therefore fancy lights should replace thembut contrary to their own submission that the lights have lived their term the mc officers now plan to install those uprooted streetlights on the road along buddha nullah to impart it a beautiful look accordingly mcs superintendent engineer has invited tenders for the uprooting of 215 streetlights from the octroi post to jagraon road and reinstall them alongside buddha nullahthe municipal corporation which is apparently in a hurry to give the contract has invited a short term tender for this purpose at a cost of rs 14 lakh meanwhile this act of mc has brewed resentment amongst the councillors across the party linestalking to toi bjp councillor sarabjeet singh kaka said it was very strange that at a time when city residents are crying for basic civic amenities mc is wasting money in unproductive works he said if the uprooted streetlights can be installed at some other place then what is the need of uprooting them this is a big scam and we will raise the matter in the general house meet added kakaleader of the opposition prem mittal asserted that life of streetlights never end only maintenance is required he also termed the uprooting of lights from main roads and their reinstallation along buddha nullah as a wasteful expenditure mittal expressed surprise over the fact why fancy lights were not given a trial before the final go they should have at least checked it on experimental basis before installing them said mittal