In a World’s first, The Govt. of Rajasthan & Jaipur Nagar Nigam (JNN) have awarded SMC–SAMUDRA the contract to replace existing HPSV and other conventional street lights by Samudra LED High Efficacy Street Lights.

While the total number of street lights to be replaced is 1,98,000.00, the 1st phase will see 71K street lights getting replaced by the end of 2015. A formal contract was signed and exchanged in Jaipur in the presence of the Hon’ble Mayor of Jaipur Mr. Nirmal Nahata on 29th Dec ’14.

This is the World’s largest ESCO project based on actual savings through implementation of LEDs in Street Lighting. (Ref: Project Consultants – International Finance Corporation, a World Bank Body.)

Project Overview:

 TOTAL NO. OF STREET LIGHTS IN THIS PROJECT: 1,98,000 nos.
 STREET LIGHTS TO BE REPLACED IN PHASE ONE: 71,000 nos.
 CURRENT ANNUAL CONSUMPTION OF POWER FOR 71,000 STREET LIGHTS: ~44,326 MW
 ANNUAL CONSUMPTION AFTER INSTALLING SAMUDRA LED STREET LIGHTS: ~10,138 MW
 SAVINGS ACHIEVED BY JAIPUR NAGAR NIGAM: ~34,189 MW
 SAVINGS IN PERCENTAGE: ~77.13% USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN LIGHTING
 GSM/GPRS TECHNOLOGY TO REMOTELY MONITOR LIGHTS AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION. THIS WILL LEAD TO INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND ALSO MAKE THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING FAILURES VERY ACCURATE AND FAST, THEREBY DRASTICALLY REDUCING THE TURNAROUND TIME OF REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE
 95% STREET LIGHTS GUARANTEED TO BE WORKING AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THE CONTRACT
 50% REDUCTION IN COST OF MAINTENANCE