INDORE: In the first of its kind initiative in the city, Indore Municipal Corporation is planning to install 800 smart poles and 70,000 LED lights in the city. In the plan prepared by Indore Smart City Development Limited, a sum of around Rs 300 would be spent on the project.
The street lights would also help monitor weather, keep a check on streets, provide wifi and check pollution. The plan would be implemented through the PPP model. Sources of the department said many companies have shown interest and a final decision would be taken soon.
Sources of the department said that before extrapolating the plan in the entire city, a trial would be conducted on two roads — Mhow Naka and Tori Corner, and Jinsi road.
Under the smart city project, Indore Municipal Corporation has decided to provide wifi hotspots and cameras. Installing pollution measuring meters are also a priority for the Corporation. In the present model to install the structures, they have to erect different poles for different equipment. However installation of different poles requires a lot of spending. So IMC decided to merge all the equipment into single poles.
“Poles for street lights are erected at regular intervals. If cameras, pollution-measuring meters and Wi-Fi hotspots are installed on the same poles work becomes much easier,” said Rohan Saxena, CEO, Indore Smart City Development Limited
A control room is being setup that would monitor all the poles. The concerned departments can get all the data, information or complaints from the control room.
“Suppose there is a huge traffic jam in some part of the city. With cameras and censors on the poles, the control room would get the information immediately and pass it on to the traffic department, this would ensure prompt action,” an IMC officials said.
Collecting data related to traffic and pollution would also become easy. Weather predictions would also be more accurate. A smart pole was erected for demonstration purposes by a private agency during Global Investment summit (GIS).
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