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PMC to go for GPS to monitor streetlights |
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By: Parth Satam |
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2011-07-28 |
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Place: Pune |
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Rs 65.62 lakh project approved by Standing Committee
The Global Positioning System (GPS) now seems to be the hot favourite with government agencies. After the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) adopted the Global Information System (GIS) -- a variant of GPS -- for monitoring its electricity distribution system, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) also wants to implement the technology to monitor its streetlights. The Standing Committee on Tuesday approved a project to implement the system for its streetlights all over the city. The project will cost Rs 65.62 lakh.
With the technology, the PMC will be able to monitor the functioning of all its electricity poles on computer screens. And, if the authorities succeed in implementing the project, citizens can hope to have fully lit roads instead of flickering "disco lights". Deputy Commissioner Vijay Dahibate said that the first phase will involve mapping and numbering of all the poles in the city.
"The second phase will then consist of including them on the computer screens. We will be able to check the electrical status and functioning on the computer screen without assigning engineers on the field every time. This will save time and the men can be assigned to other important tasks as well," Dahibate said. "The annual performance of all the poles can also be recorded and reviewed for evaluation purposes. The major advantage would be power saving as we can check the electricity being consumed by each pole."
The tender was floated in March this year and was awarded to Onyx, an IT firm. Asked if the PMC was replicating the MSEDCL move, Dahibate replied in the negative, saying the technology had been on the PMC's mind for quite some time already and "such emerging technologies are adopted by government agencies as an when they develop". |
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