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ROAD SAFETY

Street lighting

in the Maximum City

In a city that never sleeps, where nights are as vibrant as days, street lights offer
the much-needed illumination for pedestrian and traffic safety, navigation,
economic activity with extended business hours, beautification of the environment

and promoting social inclusion by making public spaces accessible for outdoor
activities. The onus of providing lighting to the megapolis lies on the street
lighting department of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST)

Undertaking under the aegis of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.

CGM is responsible Keeping the aims of public lux considering depreciation over
for, among others, lighting in focus, which include the period of time.
providing street lights permitting users of the road at
to Mumbai and has night to move about with the Classifying
entrusted this task to greatest possible safety and Traffic Routes
M the BEST Undertaking comfort, where the driver would
in its area of supply as per be able to see distinctly and Based on the code of practice for
the provisions of the Mumbai locate with certainty and on time lighting of public thoroughfares,
Municipal Corporation Act 1888. all significant details including BEST has classified illumination of
While earlier BEST would install the alignment of the road, traffic traffic routes into various groups.
street lights with its own funds signs and possible obstacles and Main roads fall under Group A
and recover the amount with the pedestrian being able to see where the level of illumination
interest from the corporation, distinctly the edges of footways and uniformity is high and the
it now maintains as well as and vehicles, standards in street glare, minimum. They are further
executes street lighting under lighting have been established sub-divided into very important
the All-in-Hire scheme wherein globally with additional local routes with rapid and dense traffic
it charges MCGM on a monthly requirements. The average lux and those with mixed traffic like
basis depending on number of level is maintained at 40 on major city streets, arterial roads and
lamps and their wattage. roads, though the standard is 30 thoroughfares.

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