Nepal's First Smart Street Light Project - Lalitpur Metropolitan City

Overview

Mahavir Shree International Pvt. Ltd. delivered a smart LED street lighting project for the Nepal Electricity Authority's Energy Efficiency and Loss Reduction Department in Lalitpur, Nepal, under reference MSI-PRJ-75-937. The contract, executed through an International Competitive Bidding process, covered design, manufacturing, supply, delivery, installation, testing, commissioning, and warranty-period maintenance of an LED Smart Street Lighting System together with a Centralized Control and Monitoring System (CCMS). The work replaced Lalitpur's existing conventional street lighting, which lacked remote management capability. The project was completed in July 2020, with a duration of 2 years and 5 months, and is recorded as Nepal's first smart street lighting installation of this kind.

Scope & Deliverables

• 669 LED smart street lights in total, comprising 120 W luminaires for major arterial roads, 80 W luminaires for secondary roads, and 50 W luminaires for residential and inner roads
• 9 m steel tubular poles with RCC foundations, mounting brackets, and hardware; LT power cable and ABC cable for overhead power distribution
• CCMS server and Lighting Management Software with server infrastructure, providing a city map-view dashboard for real-time visibility of all luminaires
• Individual smart controllers with per-luminaire dimming, operating over radio frequency, ZigBee, LoRa, GPRS, and WiFi protocols; communication gateways with GSM connectivity linking luminaire clusters to the central data server
• Lighting Operations Management Software with policy-based automation, including adaptive scheduling, traffic-responsive dimming, and ambient-light-based adjustments
• Alarm management with real-time fault localization and automatic SMS, email, and call alerts to operators; over-the-air (OTA) firmware update capability; fall-back autonomous operation mode during communication interruptions; open architecture for third-party integration
• Site survey and road-by-road BOQ preparation; pole foundation design and installation per approved engineering drawings; earthing systems at all energy meter supply points; excavation, concreting, backfilling, pipe sleeving, and site restoration; dismantling and removal of legacy streetlight poles and luminaires where required; approval of as-built drawings, engineering calculations, data sheets, and statutory clearances
• Manufacturing inspection and testing at works under an agreed Quality Assurance Procedure (QAP)

Outcome

The system was jointly inspected, tested, and performance-demonstrated on site with representatives of the Nepal Electricity Authority, and operational acceptance was certified by its Energy Efficiency and Loss Reduction Department. Warranty maintenance covering hardware and software upkeep, network management, and free replacement of equipment reaching end-of-life during the warranty period was handed over as part of the contract.