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