India, June 9 -- To prevent electric shocks from streetlight poles-especially during the monsoon-the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has initiated the application of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) coating on poles located in slum settlements and other high-risk areas across the city.

There are around 1.65 lakh streetlight poles under PMC limits. Of these, about 25% are located in densely populated areas, water-logging zones, and areas with high pedestrian movement-making them more vulnerable during rains.

To address this, PMC has started two key measures such as replacing old electric poles with new fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) shockproof poles and applying epoxy coating on existing mild steel poles to prevent current leakage.

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