NEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has developed a proposal to replace approximately 4 lakh LED lights on streets, in parks and other areas in phases across the central, south, west and Najafgarh zones.
The proposal, costing Rs 1,144.3 crore, also includes the operation and maintenance of lights for 10 years. It will be presented in the House meeting on Monday for administrative approval and expenditure sanction.
However, the civic body will need a final nod from the standing committee for finalising the rate and the agency. If the standing committee, pending formation for over 21 months, is not formed by Dec, then the civic body will need to make other arrangements. There are various other projects pending approval for the same reason.
“The eight-year contract done with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for the installation and maintenance of LED lights for the existing contract is set to expire in Dec. Under this contract, sodium lights were replaced with energy-efficient LEDs and maintained by EESL for seven years, and then extended by a year. To ensure the continued efficient operation of these lights in the future, MCD prepared a proposal with an estimated cost of Rs 1,144 crore,” the civic body said in the proposal.
The proposal stated that the useful life of LED fittings is nearly 12 years, but due to practical site or climatic conditions, the actual life is around 8-9 years. “It is very difficult to constantly maintain such old fixtures since faults occur in them often. Once all fittings are replaced in a period of three years, outages will not arise, and energy can be saved too,” the proposal said. The new fittings to be installed should provide a minimum system illumination of 120 lumens/watt.
While MCD House can accord the administrative and expenditure sanction for the operation and maintenance contract along with phase-wise replacement of LED public lights for a period of 10 years — which is extendable by two years — the civic body will incur the expenditure over 10 years with an average payment of Rs 125 crore every year and Rs 21 crore in the first year.
The proposal also includes authorising the MCD commissioner to approve the request for proposal (RFP) and make necessary changes in the RFP, if required during the tendering process,” the proposal document to be placed in the House on Oct 28 said.
“By doing this, we will save time, and as soon as the standing committee is formed, the rate and agency for the project will be given the final nod,” an official said.
Source Homevior.in
