Introduction: More than 350 million lamps that illuminate world consume a large quantity of energy, which may estimate about 19 percent of world’s energy consumed. Smart street lightening uses wireless technologies to manage and monitor the particular quantity of energy consumed by these street lamps. The present article discusses the smart and live surveillance of the street lamps. Aims and objectives: The aim of this proposed smart surveillance of street lamp are reduction of light pollution, maintenance cost reduction, Energy Saving, Wireless communication, Reduced man power etc., The experimental results confirmed that the proposed Smart Street Lamp can improve the energy saving. Materials and methods: The smartness of street lamps springs from a micro-controller and a few sensors in addition to the wireless module. To show the live surveillance of the street lamps using java script, through fetching the power, voltage values to detect the abnormal condition of the street lamps which includes broken, stolen etc., For power conservation Ambient sensors, IR sensors are used. Smart surveillance of street lamp based on wireless networks (WiFi, 4G) is used to readdress those vintage wired issues. Results: The Smart Surveillance of Street Lamps in smart cities for the betterment of the people’s survival is managed in simplified manner Conclusion: Intelligent sensing streetlight, Economical network, Versatile management platform, Live data stream management the above all features which is necessary for the smart surveillance is achieved successfully.