Special teams formed to check if streetlights are in working condition found that nearly 2.39 per cent of total street lights are defunct.

A communiqué said that 264 teams went around the city around 7 p.m. on December 30, 2015, and found that nearly 10,900 of a total 4.55 lakh streetlights were not functioning. With a fine of Rs. 300 for every street light, the electrical contractors concerned have been levied a total fine of Rs. 32.7 lakh.

Many in Yelahanka

The maximum number of defunct streetlights were found in Yelahanka zone and the least in Dasarahalli zone, the communiqué added.