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GHMC shelves LED project
Citing severe financial crunch, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has backed out from the smart LED streetlight project.
Hyderabad: Citing severe financial crunch, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has backed out from the smart LED streetlight project.
Under this project, the GHMC in addition to replacing 4,13,029 high-pressure sodium vapor (HPSV) streetlights was to provide 12 different services like fastest internet through Li Fi (more sophisticated than WiFi), security surveillance, automatic dimming of lights, weather stations, a special SIM to track the traffic movement etc.
According to the proposal sent by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) the smart LED project was to cost Rs 482.56 crore. But the corporation officials claim that the civic body was not in position to bear the expenditure and hence had decided to restrict itself to LED project which would cost Rs 273.08 crore.
The corporation officials said that the civic body's financial position does not allow them to spend extra Rs 200 crore. Senior GHMC officials told The Hans India that under LED project's proposal the GHMC would be benefitted by Rs 75.34 crore per year.
However, the official said that the decision on LED project has been pending with the State government and it would be approved by next week. He said that ESSL would replace all the existing streetlights with LEDs prior to Ugadi.
The GHMC official further said that the corporation has been incurring a huge expenditure of Rs 214.82 crore annually towards street lights which includes Rs 145 crore towards electricity bills, Rs 15 crore towards salaries, Rs 15 crore for purchasing materials and Rs 35 crore for minor repairs. He said that the LED streetlights would not only provide better light but also reduce the power consumption by at least 50 per cent.
Meanwhile, as per the EESL report, which will install the LED lights in the city, power load of street lights would reduce from 72.13 MW to 31.81 MW, a reduction of 40.32 MW. The annual energy savings would be 176.6 million kwh.
