The United Arab Emirates, the country dubbed of being the hub of green sustainable living, is making progress in leaps and bounds in the field of innovating solutions for conserving the environment by the most efficient use of technology. The leaders are doing the best they can to adopt the method of making development while conserving the environment.

I was going by the road that leads to Dubai from the King Faisal Road, Sharjah Industrial Area, I noticed a scene that stunned me. In the morning at 7.45 am with bright gleaming sunlight, the street lights on the full road that stretched till the Double Colla roundabout were switched on. I thought that maybe because it is a Friday, the lights were left switched on by mistake but on the next day as well the lights were switched on till 7.50 am.

UAE has become a pioneer in innovating technology that works in collaboration with the message of environmental conservation. Imagine the amount of electricity consumed by all the street lights on the road if power consumption of one lamp post is 600 watts! Furthermore, imagine the amount of carbon footprint generated by these street lights! The UAE has a limited stock of natural resources with a very high energy consumption rate. Therefore it is incumbent form this fact that it is the duty of all of us to reduce our consumption to a limit which produces carbon footprint that is within the assimilating capacity of Mother Nature.

If on Earth Hour so much amount of energy was conserved by switching off lights for one hour, then how much amount of energy would be conserved by switching off the street lights in the morning when not required? I requested the concerned authorities to take this matter into consideration as soon as possible.

You can also go through my report by clicking the link below that is published in Gulf News today

http://gulfnews.com/your-say/your-reports/street-lights-guide-road-users-during-the-day-1.1527955