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Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has invited global tenders to replace over 80,000 street lights across the city including 2,300 bulbs along the 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR).
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Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has invited global tenders to replace over 80,000 street lights across the city including 2,300 bulbs along the 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR). The project is a part of 2015-16 proposal of the State Government to replace conventional street lights with energy-efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights in Mysuru.
The project is worth Rs 108 Crore and will save energy costs due that initiated the government to come up with a proposal to replace conventional bulbs including tube lights, high-pressure sodium, mercury vapour, and metal halide lights (halogen lamps) with LED bulbs in City Corporations outside Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and had selected Mysuru for the pilot project.
Global tenders for the project has been called on Dec.
19 and the tenders will be opened on Jan.
20.
The response is good and a qualified bidder will get the tender.
MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde said, “Works will start immediately and we aim to complete the LED lighting project by Dec.
2021,” he said and added that the firm that bags the tender will have the responsibility of operating and maintaining the system for seven years. “
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