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• History
• Street Lights
• Consumption and Cost
• Maintenance Cost
• Special Nature of Works
• List of Highmast Lights
• Categorywise Street Lights
• For Complaints

History

The History of Electrical Department dates back to 1910. Until then the lighting of the City was done by Oil lights. The street lamps were first introduced in 1785. Till 1857 there were only 200 oil light lamps. By the year 1910, there were 6500 oil lights. Electric street lighting was introduced for the first time, during 1910. The improvement of lighting on this account was so marked that the number of electric lights gradually increased till the year 1924-25, where all the lights were completely replaced by electric lights.

Street Lights

The Corporation of Chennai is now maintaining 1,20,007 street lights as mentioned below:

75 nos of High Mast lights in places of Public gathering and important junctions have been installed and maintained by Corporation of Chennai .
900 nos of street lights have been installed and maintained by Corporation of Chennai, in all as outside the Corporation limit (Viz) GST Road up to new Airport, Ramavaram road and Inner ring road.

Consumption and Cost

• The Energy consumption towards burning of street lights is 15 MW.
• The total consumption charges works out to Rs.160 lakhs per month.

The Electrical Department is mainly responsible for installation and maintenance of street lights and electrical maintenance of Corporation buildings, Parks, Playgrounds and burial grounds. The maintenance of street lights can be broadly classified in two categories (viz) underground cables & Light accessories. 22 Hydraulic vehicles and 63 push type wooden / alluminium ladders are at disposal of Department for attending maintenance work to street lights. 49 nos. of new aluminium wheel type manual ladders have been added now.

Maintenance Cost

The operation and maintenance cost of street light per post per annum excluding current consumption charges is detailed below.

Special Nature of Works

Wireless sets have been provided in all Zonal Offices and in the vehicles of Zonal Officers and other higher officers for easy communication in performing daily routine works of Corporation of Chennai. This is also useful during natural calamities, fire accidents and elections.
In case of fire accidents occurring during night, temporary lights arrangements at the accident site and other emergency works are carried out by the night maintenance squad. Four mobile high mast vehicles are being kept ready for these emergency works.
The Corporation of Chennai is maintaining electric furnace units at the following burial grounds.

• Kannammapet
• Velangadu

Corporation of Chennai is at present maintaining gassifier furnace units at Moolakothalam, Kannammapet, Besant Nagar and Mylapore burial grounds. It has been proposed to install 8 more gassifier crematoria at Kasimedu, Vyasarpadi, Otteri, Thangal, Velangadu, Krishnampet, Saidapet & Besant Nagar burial grounds.

For Complaints

Incase of non burning of street lights in a particular zone, the concerned Zone Assistant Divisional Engineer (Electrical) may be contacted at the following mobile no. for redressal