Over ₹1,340 crore to overhaul Hyderabad’s street illumination
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has initiated a massive ₹1,340 crore project to replace and maintain LED streetlights across the city over the next decade. The plan includes installing over 7.6 lakh new fixtures and implementing a centralized real-time monitoring system to improve public safety and energy efficiency.
Why it matters
This infrastructure upgrade is a significant investment in urban safety and energy sustainability for a major Indian metropolitan area.
More than a year after the streetlight contact ended with the Energy Efficiency Services Limited, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has taken the first decisive step towards resolving the longstanding issue with the street illumination, by inviting bids for selection of an agency for comprehensive operation and maintenance of LED streetlights in the city for the coming 10 years.
Tenders have been called for on Friday at an estimated cost of ₹1,341.6 crore., for the entire city represented by the Core Urban Region (CURE) constituting three municipal corporations.
As per the terms specified in the tender document, all existing streetlights are to be replaced with higher wattage, high efficiency LED luminaires within two years. This translates into a total 7.61 lakh LED streetlight fixtures together with bulbs. The existing 34,512 CCMS (Centralized Control and Monitoring System) panels and other switching points should be replaced with new ones within six months.
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