Mumbai will be the second city, after Bangalore, in the country to install ‘smart’ street lights fitted with dimming technology to reduce the electricity consumption.
By the year end, over 5,000 street lights in a 10 sq km area falling under G-South Ward in the Haji Ali, Worli and Prabhadevi areas in central Mumbai will be fitted with the technology as part of a pilot project.
“The lights are fitted with voltage controlling devices which can be programmed as per your requirements. Traffic movement between mid-night and dawn is very sparse when we do not need bright lights,” outgoing Additional Municipal Commissioner Manu Kumar Srivastava said.
It has yielded good results in Bangalore and I am sure that we will be able to save around 20 per cent of power in Mumbai, Srivastava said.
The entire system runs automatically and does not require to be controlled manually.
The pilot project is expected to cost around Rs 2 crore and based upon its results, a decision may be taken to cover the entire city with ‘smart’ lights.
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai incurs an electricity bill of Rs 90 crore per annum on street lights alone and has also started conducting energy audit by appointing a consultant as per the National Municipal Accounting Manual, Srivastava said.
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