The Hindu 27.07.2012
City streetlighting to be improved
V.Geetanath
GHMC finalises contracts worth nearly Rs.5 crore forlaying an underground cable
Luminous lights :For the ensuing Conference of Parties (COP)
international bio-diversity summit, GHMC will be improving
streetlighting system also.—File Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
Along with decking up considerable number of road
stretches with fresh carpeting and signages, the twin cities is also to
get a much better streetlighting system, thanks to the forthcoming
Conference of Parties (COP) international bio-diversity summit in
October.
The GHMC electrical wing has finalised
contracts worth nearly Rs.5 crore for laying an underground cable across
the 120 km length on the 22 road corridors identified for improvement
for the summit. It would enable the municipal authorities to improve the
glowing percentage of streetlights, said Additional Commissioner
(Electrical) D. Jayaraj Kennedy.
Right now most of
the streetlights were powered by a single overhead cable which meant
that the glowing was not uniform and there were frequent outages too due
to wear and tear over the years. The new UG cable will ensure that
three phase current is supplied for the streetlights ensuring brighter
illumination.
Save for the East Zone areas like
Kapra, Uppal and L.B.Nagar where no road stretches have been identified
for repairs for the event, the cabling work in rest of the zones is
likely to start and be completed within the next couple of months. “We
have to take up the cable work and complete the same at the earliest as
the works relating to road carpeting and signages as well as
beautification of the central medians have to be taken up once we are
done,” he explained.
Soil in the central medians has been dug up and greenery can be taken up only after the cabling is completed.
Close
to 4,000 electric poles located either on the sides or central median
on the chosen road corridors are also slated to be painted. Gaps in
streetlighting as in Madhapur road too will be taken care.
The
municipal corporation also pays CPDCL for taking up relocation of
electric poles and transformer boxes on the widened portions of the
roads, especially the COP thoroughfares at an estimated cost of an extra
Rs. 2 crore. There are more than 3.5 lakh streetlights of various hues
in the capital with monthly bills coming to nearly Rs.7 crore.
