GMR Smart Electricity Distribution secures a UP contract worth 5,123.37 bn

GSEDPL, a division of GMR Power and Urban Infra Limited, has been given a contract for a smart metre project in Uttar Pradesh worth Rs 5123.37 crore. Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited has issued a letter of award (LOA) for the installation of smart metres in the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi, Azamgarh, Prayagraj, and Mirzapur.

GSEDPL would be in charge of installing, integrating, and maintaining 50.17 lakh smart metres in these locations. The project is expected to have a 93-month operational phase after a 27-month implementation phase beginning on the contract's execution date.

The total contract value for the Prayagraj and Mirzapur Zone is around Rs 2,386.72 crore, and for the Varanasi and Azamgarh Zone, it is approximately Rs 2,736.65 crore. Following an e-tender procedure run by UP Discoms, the LoA was approved. Over ten years, the project will be completed.

The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Project involves the DBFOOT method for providing, setting up, integrating, commissioning, operating, and maintaining smart metres. According to the corporation, the design, build, finance, own, run, and transfer process depends on cutting-edge software and technology to provide fully automated end-to-end capability.