Lok Sabha Question No. 3662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Underground/Insulated Cables
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA, JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2017

## UNDERGROUND/INSULATED CABLES

3662. SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA: SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL: SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  is  aware  of  the  increasing  number  of electrocutions due to uninsulated overhead supply lines in various States;
- (b) if so, the number of such accidents reported during the last three years, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) whether any compensation is paid in case of deaths or injuries caused by such uninsulated overhead supply lines and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Union Government proposes to take any steps for power supply  either  through  underground  cables  or  the  insulated  overhead  cables throughout the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Union Government has received any proposals from State Governments for undergrounding distribution networks in Municipal Corporations and Nagar Palikas and if so, the action taken by the Government thereon, proposal-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : Yes, Madam, while the Government monitors Electrical accidents, including accidental  contacts with live electric wires / equipments for both humans and animals, breakup of accidents specific to overhead supply lines is  not  segregated.    As  per  information  received  from  the  Central  Electrical Authority  (CEA),  the  data  submitted  by  the  States  in  respect  to  such accidents is furnished as Annex-I

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(c) : Compensation  is  paid  in  case  of  deaths  or  injuries  due  to specific electrical accidents. Distribution of electricity is done by the States and their utilities, and compensation is paid in case of deaths and injuries by the respective State / utility authorities.

(d) & (e) : Distribution of electricity to various consumers falls   under the purview  of  the  respective  State  Government/  Power  Utilities  and  it  is  the responsibility  of  distribution  licensees  to  provide  reliable  &  quality  power supply  to  all  consumers  in  their  area  of  operation  by  proper  distribution system either through overhead system or through underground system.

Government of India launched the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)  [R-APDRP (Restructured Accelerated Power Development & Reforms  Programme)  subsumed]  on  20.11.2014  for  strengthening  of  subtransmission system, metering and IT enablement in Urban towns. Under the scheme,  proposals  have  been  received  from  various  Power  Distribution Utilities/Departments  across  States/UTs,  based  on  their  requirements  for strengthening of sub-transmission and distribution network (including underground distribution networks) in urban towns.  Till date, projects worth Rs.25,898 crore have been sanctioned including Rs.2176.50 crore for 'Underground Distribution Network' as per the details furnished in Annex-II.

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3662 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 23.03.2017. ***********

| Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   | Details of accidental contact with live electrical wire/ equipment   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                      | FY 2013-14                                                           | FY 2013-14                                                           | FY 2013-14                                                           | FY 2013-14                                                           | FY 2014-15                                                           | FY 2014-15                                                           | FY 2014-15                                                           | FY 2014-15                                                           | FY 2015-16                                                           | FY 2015-16                                                           | FY 2015-16                                                           | FY 2015-16                                                           |
| State/UT                                                             | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 | Accidental contact with live electric wire/equipment                 |
|                                                                      | Human                                                                |                                                                      | Animals                                                              | Animals                                                              | Human                                                                | Human                                                                | Animals                                                              | Animals                                                              | Human                                                                | Human                                                                | Animals                                                              | Animals                                                              |
|                                                                      | Fatal                                                                | Non-Fatal                                                            | Fatal                                                                | Non-Fatal                                                            | Fatal                                                                | Non-Fatal                                                            | Fatal                                                                | Non-Fatal                                                            | Fatal                                                                | Non-Fatal                                                            | Fatal                                                                | Non-Fatal                                                            |
| WESTERN REGION                                                       |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 200                                                                  | 142                                                                  | 230                                                                  | 1                                                                    | 245                                                                  | 154                                                                  | 346                                                                  | 26                                                                   | 232                                                                  | 188                                                                  | 305                                                                  | 9                                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                                          | 374                                                                  | 277                                                                  | 201                                                                  | 10                                                                   | 154                                                                  | 150                                                                  | 132                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 223                                                                  | 191                                                                  | 162                                                                  | 1                                                                    |
| Chhattisgarh                                                         | 77                                                                   | 60                                                                   | 98                                                                   | 0                                                                    | 107                                                                  | 48                                                                   | 88                                                                   | 2                                                                    | 108                                                                  | 52                                                                   | 154                                                                  | 2                                                                    |
| Goa                                                                  | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | 6                                                                    | 12                                                                   | 2                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 4                                                                    | 11                                                                   | 4                                                                    | 0                                                                    |
| Gujarat                                                              | 204                                                                  | 112                                                                  | 199                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 176                                                                  | 106                                                                  | 138                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 165                                                                  | 76                                                                   | 115                                                                  | 0                                                                    |
| SOUTHERN REGION*                                                     |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                       | 137                                                                  | 21                                                                   | 38                                                                   | 0                                                                    | 99                                                                   | 11                                                                   | 21                                                                   | 0                                                                    | 204                                                                  | 41                                                                   | 43                                                                   | 0                                                                    |
| Karnataka                                                            | 126                                                                  | 58                                                                   | 145                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 153                                                                  | 135                                                                  | 204                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 176                                                                  | 169                                                                  | 218                                                                  | 0                                                                    |
| Kerala                                                               | 49                                                                   | 114                                                                  | 9                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 19                                                                   | 32                                                                   | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 39                                                                   | 49                                                                   | 1                                                                    | 0                                                                    |
| Tamil Nadu                                                           | 193                                                                  | 100                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 210                                                                  | 102                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 201                                                                  | 97                                                                   | 24                                                                   | 42                                                                   |
| Telangana                                                            | 80                                                                   | 12                                                                   | 82                                                                   | 0                                                                    | 203                                                                  | 16                                                                   | 132                                                                  | 0                                                                    | 187                                                                  | 26                                                                   | 224                                                                  | 0                                                                    |
| NORTH EASTERN REGION                                                 |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |                                                                      |
| Assam                                                                | 9                                                                    | 3                                                                    | 4                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 4                                                                    | 1                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 6                                                                    | 4                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    |
| Mizoram                                                              | 1                                                                    | 5                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | 3                                                                    | 6                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    |
| Nagaland                                                             | 1                                                                    | 5                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 1                                                                    | 5                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   |
| Manipur                                                              | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 3                                                                    | 5                                                                    | 10                                                                   | 0                                                                    |                                                                      | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 0                                                                    |
| Meghalaya                                                            | 4                                                                    | 1                                                                    | 4                                                                    | 0                                                                    | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   |
| Tripura                                                              | 0                                                                    | 4                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 5                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 6                                                                    | 0                                                                    | 12                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   | NA                                                                   |

| EASTERN REGION              |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |    |
|-----------------------------|------|------|------|-----|------|------|------|-----|------|------|------|----|
| West Bengal                 | 14   | 27   | 3    | 0   | 0    | 8    | 0    | 0   | 18   | 0    | 0    | 0  |
| Bihar                       | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | 86   | 24   | 10   | 0   | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Jharkhand                   | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Sikkim                      | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Odisha                      | 12   | 2    | 0    | 0   | 32   | 27   | 23   | 2   | 37   | 21   | 13   | 2  |
| NORTHERN REGION*            |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |    |
| Haryana                     | 45   | 59   | 48   | 0   | 40   | 47   | 26   | 0   | 44   | 52   | 17   | 2  |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 17   | 31   | 5    | 0   | 8    | 18   | 2    | 0   | 17   | 15   | 9    | 0  |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Punjab                      | 34   | 30   | 6    | 0   | 2    | 2    | 0    | 0   | 52   | 45   | 9    | 0  |
| Rajasthan                   | 148  | 108  | 282  | 0   | 116  | 86   | 292  | 0   | 304  | 196  | 483  | 0  |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 7    | 0    | 28   | 0   | 8    | 3    | 0    | 0   | 115  | 45   | 200  | 0  |
| Uttarakhand                 | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| OTHERS                      |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |    |
| Mines                       | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Central Govt. Installations | 2    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 1    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 0    | 6    | 0    | 0  |
| Railways                    | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Union Territories           |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |     |      |      |      |    |
| Delhi                       | 13   | 9    | 2    | 0   | 10   | 8    | 0    | 0   | 2    | 1    | 0    | 0  |
| A & N Islands               | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Puducherry                  | 3    | 1    | 4    | 0   | 2    | 0    | 0    | 0   | 3    | 4    | 1    | 0  |
| Chandigarh                  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NIL  | NIL  | NIL  | NIL | 1    | 0    | 0    | 0  |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli        | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NIL  | NIL  | NIL  | NIL | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Daman & Diu                 | NIL  | NIL  | NIL  | NIL | NIL  | NIL  | NIL  | NIL | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Lakshadweep                 | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA  | NA   | NA   | NA   | NA |
| Total                       | 1750 | 1181 | 1388 | 16  | 1685 | 1006 | 1426 | 42  | 2141 | 1295 | 1982 | 58 |
| Total                       | 4335 |      |      |     | 4159 |      |      |     | 5476 |      |      |    |

NA=Not available * Excluding UT: Source: CEA

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## ANNEX-II

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) & (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION

## NO. 3662 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 23.03.2017. ***********

| Details of Underground Distribution Networks sanctioned under IPDS   | Details of Underground Distribution Networks sanctioned under IPDS   | Details of Underground Distribution Networks sanctioned under IPDS   |
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| S. No.                                                               | State                                                                | Approved Cost (Rs. Cr.)                                              |
|                                                                      |                                                                      | UG Cables (HT & LT)                                                  |
| 1                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                       | 24.50                                                                |
| 2                                                                    | Assam                                                                | 6.50                                                                 |
| 3                                                                    | Bihar                                                                | 137.00                                                               |
| 4                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                         | 15.50                                                                |
| 5                                                                    | Gujarat                                                              | 250.50                                                               |
| 6                                                                    | Haryana                                                              | 85.60                                                                |
| 7                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                                     | 0.10                                                                 |
| 8                                                                    | Jammu & Kashmir                                                      | 1.30                                                                 |
| 9                                                                    | Jharkhand                                                            | 27.30                                                                |
| 10                                                                   | Karnataka                                                            | 157.60                                                               |
| 11                                                                   | Kerala                                                               | 62.50                                                                |
| 12                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                          | 633.70                                                               |
| 13                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 16.00                                                                |
| 14                                                                   | Odisha                                                               | 27.50                                                                |
| 15                                                                   | Puducherry                                                           | 4.80                                                                 |
| 16                                                                   | Punjab                                                               | 51.40                                                                |
| 17                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                            | 70.00                                                                |
| 18                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                           | 147.20                                                               |
| 19                                                                   | Telangana                                                            | 43.20                                                                |
| 20                                                                   | Tripura                                                              | 23.80                                                                |
| 21                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 236.70                                                               |
| 22                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                          | 1.50                                                                 |
| 23                                                                   | West Bengal                                                          | 152.10                                                               |
|                                                                      | Total Cost:                                                          | 2176.50                                                              |

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