NHAI to pilot IoT-based lighting system on Chennai-Tiruchi freeway for improved visibility

To guarantee even lighting and improved visibility alongside the Tambaram-Tindivanam stretch, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has awarded tenders for the set up of an Internet of Things (IoT)-based lighting system on the 95-km part of the Chennai-Tiruchi National Highway.

“So far, we now have been monitoring the lights bodily. The freeway patrol was doing the job. But since they can not continually hold observe of bulbs that aren’t working, that is being carried out as a pilot mission. The contractor will cut up the whole stretch into grids and would monitor the lights alongside the median on-line by way of an internet browser,” mentioned an official.

The contractor will even create a cellular utility that can be utilized by upkeep personnel, NHAI officers, and supervisors. The firm has been advised to put in lights at areas that do not need lighting as of but. The system will even guarantee automated turning on and turning off of the lights in keeping with the season – which means, they may keep on for longer throughout winters. 

The firm will erect poles, wiring, bulbs, and convey it into the closest grid. The work is being awarded at a price of ₹8.3 crore, which incorporates the set up of recent lights and upkeep of the system for a interval of three years. The NHAI will bear the price of the mission since it’s the toll-collecting company on the street, which is eight lanes vast until Chengalpattu and 4 lanes vast until Tindivanam.

Nandagopal, a taxi driver, mentioned rising the variety of mild poles is a welcome step to scale back accidents. “However, LED lights on highways would result in my eyes feeling uncomfortable. Yellow lights are okay. The NHAI ought to be certain that drivers usually are not affected in any method by the sort of lights that they plan to make use of,” he mentioned.