The reactions to the street lamps being lit up for the first time were very intense. News headlines in all the major and minor regional newspapers were all about the kerosene street lamps that had been installed in the capital of the empire.
The price of kerosene and the demand for kerosene immediately went up. People all over the empire demanded their city panchayats to install kerosene lamps for their city. Unfortunately, the people were very disappointed when the panchayats rejected them. Some held a grudge, while some felt that it was reasonable considering the explanation given by the chairman. Seeing as how the street lamps are extremely expensive, and even if normal street lamps are installed without any intricate carvings, the price of kerosene of nearly 11 litres per week for a single street lamp was a lot of cost—not to mention if the street lamps had to be installed, someone had to give up the privileges of buying the kerosene and no one wanted to do that.
