In an initiative to provide safety to commuters, Chandil police have decided to install street lamps on the Dobo-Kanderbera Road in Seraikela-Kharsawan district which connects Chandil with Jamshedpur through the Domuhani bridge in Sonari.

The Chandil police's initiative assumes significance as the seven-km-long stretch remains dark in absence of any street lamp, giving rise to crimes like robberies and even murder.

The police had to take the step to get the important road illuminated as the road construction department ((RCD) which has set up the road has no plans to set up a street lamp system there.

The police have decided to approach house owners settled on either side of the Dobo-Kanderbera Road to install lamps on their rooftops.

"Although the Dono-Kanderbera Road has become important after the Domuhani bridge was set up two years ago, it is getting increasingly crime-prone. We have, therefore, decided to get the road illuminated with the cooperation of the local residents,"said Sanoj Kumar, OC, Chandil thana to The Telegraph Online.

He said they have decided to approach the house owners on either side of the road to fix a lamp on their rooftops.

Kumar pointed out they will try to install poles for the lamp-post along the stretch where there are no houses. He said for fixing the poles and drawing power lines for the lamp-post they will take the help of the local residents.

The OC, when queried, said they are taking such initiative as there is no proposal to provide the street lamp facility by the RCD on the said road.

The Dobo-Kanderbera Road provides a shorter route to Ranchi through Chandil and people are using the road increasingly during the day as well as at night.

Executive engineer of RCD, Seraikela, Nirmal Singh when contacted confirmed that the department has no plan to provide a street lamp system on the Dobo-Kanderbera Road.

"We are aware that the Dobo-Kanderbera road has become an important road connecting the steel city, but we have no plan to provide a street lamp system on that road as such," said Singh to The Telegraph Online.