Lok Sabha Question No. 937 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-08
Subject: Deaths due to High Tension Wires
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.937 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2018

## DEATHS DUE TO HIGH TENSION WIRES

937.  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  incidents  reported  and  the  number  of  persons  died due  to  contact  of  High  Tension  Wires  in  the  country  during  the  last  5 years, State-wise;
- (b) whether a large number of high tension wires are passing through the residential areas, commercial areas, above highways and railway lines in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any plan to remove these high tension wires from the residential areas and laying them underground; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

(a) : The  Ministry  of  Power  does  not  maintain  data  on  accidents due  to  High  Tension  (HT)  wires,  however,  State-wise  details  of  total number of deaths due to electrical accidents during the last five years is furnished at Annexure.

(b) to (e) : Intra  State  Transmission  and  Distribution  lines  in  States  are primarily  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments.  Govt.  of  India augments the efforts of the State Governments to strengthen Distribution Network  through  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti  Yojana.  In  some congested areas, Aerial Bunched Cable or Underground Cable is replacing overhead bare conductors on the HT lines by the States.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 937 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 08.02.2018. ***********

| Electrical Accidents        | Electrical Accidents   | Electrical Accidents   | Electrical Accidents   | Electrical Accidents   | Electrical Accidents   |
|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| State/UT                    | 2016-17                | 2015-16                | 2014-15                | 2013-14                | 2012-13                |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 46                     | 259                    | 139                    | 174                    | 1007                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 0                      | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| Assam                       | 0                      | 22                     | 49                     | 14                     | 14                     |
| Bihar                       | NA                     | NA                     | 86                     | NA                     | 77                     |
| Chhattisgarh                | 37                     | 177                    | 195                    | 152                    | 219                    |
| Delhi                       | 56                     | 2                      | 10                     | 13                     | 9                      |
| Goa                         | 4                      | 4                      | 8                      | NA                     | NA                     |
| Gujarat                     | 180                    | 188                    | 197                    | 212                    | 405                    |
| Haryana                     | 24                     | 46                     | 40                     | 49                     | 146                    |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 10                     | 18                     | 8                      | 18                     | 25                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir             | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| Jharkhand                   | 53                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| Karnataka                   | 273                    | 286                    | 234                    | 180                    | 242                    |
| Kerala                      | 104                    | 53                     | 19                     | 76                     | 161                    |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 104                    | 312                    | 301                    | 289                    | 387                    |
| Maharashtra                 | 454                    | 304                    | 283                    | 485                    | 11                     |
| Mizoram                     | 0                      | 4                      | NA                     | 1                      | 13                     |
| Manipur                     | 0                      | 4                      | 5                      | 3                      | 5                      |
| Meghalaya                   | 0                      | NA                     | NA                     | 5                      | NA                     |
| Nagaland                    | 0                      | NA                     | 1                      | 1                      | NA                     |
| Odisha                      | 25                     | 66                     | 55                     | 15                     | 54                     |
| Punjab                      | 38                     | 65                     | 2                      | 89                     | 146                    |
| Rajasthan                   | 0                      | 336                    | 152                    | 181                    | 508                    |
| Sikkim                      | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| Tamil Nadu                  | NA                     | 301                    | 295                    | 289                    | 483                    |
| Telangana                   | 120                    | 233                    | 249                    | 96                     | -                      |
| Tripura                     | 0                      | NA                     | 0                      | 0                      | 11                     |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 414                    | 243                    | 39                     | 74                     | 136                    |
| Uttarakhand                 | 12                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| West Bengal                 | NA                     | 83                     | 78                     | 103                    | 17                     |
| A & N Islands               | 1                      | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| Puducherry                  | 0                      | 4                      | 2                      | 4                      | NA                     |
| Chandigarh                  | 0                      | 1                      | 0                      | NA                     | 1                      |
| D&N Haveli                  | 1                      | NA                     | 0                      | NA                     | NA                     |
| Daman & Diu                 | 0                      | NA                     | 0                      | 0                      | NA                     |
| Lakshadweep                 | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| OTHERS                      |                        |                        |                        |                        |                        |
| Mines                       | 2                      | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| Central Govt. Installations | 0                      | 0                      | 5                      | 3                      | 12                     |
| Railways                    | 11                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     | NA                     |
| GRAND TOTAL                 | 1969                   | 3011                   | 2452                   | 2526                   | 4089                   |

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