Having entrusted the maintenance of street lights with a private entity, under a public-private partnership arrangement, the City Corporation is keen to save on 42 per cent power usage.
Schnell Energy Equipments (P) Ltd, has been mandated with the task of maintenance of street lights for the next ten years. The energy saving initiative was launched by the City Corporation during August 2013 envisaging an expenditure of Rs. 27.27 crore.
Works on replacing the existing lights with LEDs lamps was progressing well.
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According to a corporation release, a system of registering complaints over phone has been introduced.
Complaints could be registered over the number 8508500000 that has 13 extension lines. After setting right the lights, the complainants will be kept updated of the progress.
Implementation of the energy efficient project for street lights through the PPP began with Investment Grade Audit over a three-month period. The audit encompassed collection of previous consumption data, recording prevailing consumption and pattern, and asset marking switch-wise and pole-wise with paint.
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The road distance and width, pole to pole distance, ground to pole height, brightness levels, and road classifications were also covered in the ambit of the audit.
The project implementation involved fixing LEDs in the place of existing lamps without compromising on brightness, installing street light controllers for every service connection/ switching point for wireless control, monitoring through Global System for Mobile Communication / General Packet Radio Service, establishing centralised control room for monitoring, and providing new street lights.