Streetlight contract conditions eased

The Telangana government has modified key provisions governing the proposed 10-year contract for the comprehensive operation and maintenance of street lighting across the Core Urban Region (CURE), easing implementation timelines, revising bidder eligibility norms and introducing changes to the tender conditions.

The order revises an earlier decision under which the government had accorded administrative sanction of ₹1,341.60 crore, excluding taxes, for the operation and maintenance of 7,60,591 LED street lights along with Centralized Control and Monitoring System (CCMS) panels and associated infrastructure for a decade. The project aims to ensure uninterrupted street lighting, reduce downtime, improve lifecycle-based asset management, enable systematic replacement planning, strengthen accountability through performance-based monitoring and achieve long-term cost efficiency, says the order.