The Hindu               22.08.2013

Maintenance of street lights in Erode privatised

The Erode Corporation on Wednesday entrusted maintenance of street lights with Schnell Energy Equipments (P) Ltd, and Salzer Electronics Limited, Coimbatore.

Mayor Malliga Paramasivam; the Deputy Mayor, K.C. Palanichamy; and the Commissioner, Vijayalakshmi; took part in a function organised at a street light point to mark the handover of the street light maintenance to the private agencies.

According to Corporation authorities, implementation of the energy efficient project for street lights through Public Private Partnership would begin with Investment Grade Audit over the next three months. The scope of work includes collection of previous consumption data, recording present consumption and pattern, and asset marking switch-wise and pole-wise with paint, besides auditing of road distance and width, pole to pole distance, ground to pole height, brightness levels, and road classifications.

The project implementation involves fixing LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) 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.

The number of new street lights would be arrived at after completion of the audit, A. Thirumalaisamy, Senior Engineer — Production and Installation, Salzer, said.

Scope of work

Collection of previous consumption data

Recording current consumption pattern

Marking of assets

Auditing