MCC to switch over to LED bulbs

Seven roads will undergo change under PPP to reduce power usage

It has decided to install the afore mentioned type of bulbs on public-private-partnership (PPP) model on seven thoroughfares here.

According to the programme, the successful bidder has to replace the existing sodium or metal allayed lamps on the said roads, each spread up to seven km, with LED lamps.

In return, initially, he will be getting the rights to rent or lease out the advertisement boards ( usually of 3x4 size seen fixed to every lamp posts) for a certain period, MCC Commissioner K S Raykar told Deccan Herald. The tender notification has been already issued.

The roads identified for the change are-Mahadevapura Road in Udayagiri, Shivaji Road in N R Mohalla, Command Area Development Authority (CADA) Road, a stretch of road from SP office to a temple leading to Gayathripuram to name a few, totalling about 200 lamps.  The advantage here is the lED lamps will be having more lux (measure of amount of light produced) value.

The scenario

Another officer, on condition of anonymity said, in the present scenario, there are 58,000 streetlights in the city.

Among them 42,000 are tubelights, 11,000 sodium lamps and remaining metal allayed bulbs. As is the system, the streetlitghts are switched on for 11 hours  from 6.30 pm to 5.30 am (sometimes depending on sunset and sunrise, switching on and off of the lights vary).

The bill per annum is calculated at about ` 8.65 crore. By switching over to LED, the cost may be cut down to about 50 pc to 60 pc, the officer exudes confidence.