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The conversion of streetlights across the city to LEDs has faced extensive delays

Mangaluru: Corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) are facing the ire of people due to the delay in the implementation of LED streetlight .

The country can do it too. >> thats a lot of potential there. >> tons of potential. and really i think one of the things that we like to do is in chicago is we like to experiment and pilot things and then figure out how does that become a systemic change. >> reporter: los angeles has installed about half of the amount of lights as chicago, and some smaller cities like tucson have already made the switch. other cities like philadelphia, boston and pittsburgh are currently developing their streetl...

Is what we see in real life on the streets and in the street lamps. >> yeah, thats right. you see all the different circuits, how many lights are on each pole and if the lights are working or not. >> reporter: back at dispatch, the citys electric workers say the new communication between the streetlights and the app makes their life easier. >> this is the largest program to install smart lights in north america. >> reporter: every single one of these dots, a new smart l.e.d. streetlight. but the...

For in american music. >> jill and christopher, as always, thank you so much for being with us. next, the massive overall under way in chicago to make the streets safer, save residents cash, and help the environment one streetlight at a time. mondaire jones is go to join the show to talk about the fight for the supreme court pick. fight fr the supreme court pick -hey tex, -wooo. can someone else get a turn? yeah, hang on, im about to break my own record. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. ...

City expects the project to pay for itself. >> i think what weve shown for a city of this size, that we can pull it off. and that means cities all over the country can do it too. >> thats a lot of potential there. >> tons of potential. and really i think one of the things that we like to do is in chicago is we like to experiment and pilot things and then figure out how does that become a systemic change. >> reporter: los angeles has installed about half of the amount of lights as chicago, and so...

In chicago to make the streets safer and save residents cash and help the environment one streetlight at a time. and at the top of the hour, jones joins the mehdi hasan show, and thats at 8:00 p.m. eastern only on msnbc. p.m. eastern only on msnbc.

Working or not. >> reporter: back at dispatch, the citys electric workers say the new communication between the streetlights and the app makes their life easier. >> this is the largest program to install smart lights in north america. >> reporter: every single one of these dots, a new smart l.e.d. streetlight. but the part of this major infrastructure transformation that you cant see, the climate impact. each of these lights, nearly 300,000 of them, doing their part to reduce the citys emissions...