Lok Sabha Question No. 959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Underground Cable
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.959 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2018

## UNDERGROUND CABLE

959.   SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  proposals  from  any State  for  under  grounding  Electricity  Distribution  Network  in  Municipal Corporations and Nagarpalikas, if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) & (b) : Based on the proposals received from States for strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network including underground distribution  networks  in  urban  towns,  Projects  worth  Rs.  2179.20  crore have  been  sanctioned for 'Underground  Distribution  Network'  under Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS). The State-wise details are given in the Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 959 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.02.2018. ***********

## DETAILS OF UNDERGORUND CABLING PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER IPDS

Rs. In  Cr

| Sl. No.   | State             | UG Cables (HT & LT)   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | A&N Island        | -                     |
| 2         | AP                | 24.50                 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | -                     |
| 4         | Assam             | 6.50                  |
| 5         | Bihar             | 137.00                |
| 6         | Chhattisgarh      | 15.50                 |
| 7         | Goa               | -                     |
| 8         | Gujarat           | 250.50                |
| 9         | Haryana           | 85.60                 |
| 10        | HP                | 0.10                  |
| 11        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1.30                  |
| 12        | Jharkhand         | 27.30                 |
| 13        | Karnataka         | 157.60                |
| 14        | Kerala            | 62.50                 |
| 15        | Maharashtra       | 633.70                |
| 16        | Manipur           | -                     |
| 17        | Meghalaya         | -                     |
| 18        | Mizoram           | -                     |
| 19        | MP                | 16.00                 |
| 20        | Nagaland          | -                     |
| 21        | NCT of Delhi      | -                     |
| 22        | Odisha            | 27.50                 |
| 23        | Puducherry        | 4.80                  |
| 24        | Punjab            | 51.40                 |
| 25        | Rajasthan         | 70.00                 |
| 26        | Sikkim            | 2.80                  |
| 27        | TN                | 147.20                |
| 28        | Telangana         | 43.20                 |
| 29        | Tripura           | 23.80                 |
| 30        | UP                | 236.70                |
| 31        | Uttarakhand       | 1.50                  |
| 32        | WB                | 152.10                |
|           | Total cost        | 2179.20               |

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