Lok Sabha Question No. 2580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Laying of Underground Cable for Electrification
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2580

## ANSWERED ON 17.03.2022

## LAYING OF UNDERGROUND CABLE FOR ELECTRIFICATION

†2580. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  identified  Gramsabhas/Majras  where  the  work  of  laying underground cable for  electrification  have  been  completed  along  with  the  number of Gramsabhas/Majras where the said work is remaining in Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh and Banswara-Dungarpur Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan;
- (b) the  quantum  of  funds  sanctioned  for electrification  in  the  said  areas  during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) the  name  of  the  agencies/companies  to  which  the  said  work  has  been awarded along with the quantum of funds provided to the said agencies/companies, work and village-wise;
- (d) whether  left  out  Gramsabhas/Majras  are  likely  to  be  selected  under  the scheme and if so, the time by which it is likely to be done;
- (e) whether any complaint has been received against the said agencies/companies in terms of quality of the said developmental work; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (c) : Government  of  India  launched  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Gram  Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December, 2014 for various rural electrification works including separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders, strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure, metering at distribution  transformers/  feeders/consumers  and  electrification  of  villages  across the  country.  There  is  no  provision  of  laying  of  underground  cable  under  the  said

Scheme, hence, no underground cable work has been carried out in rural areas of Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh and Banswara-Dungarpur Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan under DDUGJY. However, underground Cabling work has been carried out under Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) in areas under Ajmer  Vidyut  Vitran  Nigam  Limited  (AVVNL)  and  Purvanchal  Vidyut  Vitran  Nigam Limited (PuVVNL) DISCOMs for urban towns of Banswara, Dungarpur, and Prayagraj District  for  2.60  cKm,  3.05  cKm  and  383.89  cKm  respectively.Details  of  agencies involved  in  the  execution  of  Underground  cable  works  under  IPDS  alongwith  the execution cost are at Annexure-I. The  details  of  funds  sanctioned  for  electrification  works  under  IPDS, DDUGJY,  SAUBHAGYA  in  the  Banswara,  Dungarpur,  and  Prayagraj  Circles  under IPDS, DDUGJY and Saubhagya are at Annexure-II. (d) : Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana  -  Saubhagya  in  October,  2017  with  the  objective  to  achieve  universal household  electrification  for  providing  electricity  connections  to  all  willing  unelectrified households in rural areas and all willing poor households in urban areas in the country by March, 2019.  All households were reported electrified by the States, except 18,734 households in Left  Wing Extremists (LWE) affected areas of Chhattisgarh as on 31.03.2019. Subsequently, on the request of seven States namely Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh around  19.09  lakh  un-electrified  households,  identified  before  31.03.2019,  which were unwilling earlier but have expressed willingness to get electricity connection were  approved  under  Saubhagya  Scheme.  All  these  seven  States  have  reported 100% household's electrification as on 31.03.2021. A total of 2.817 crore households were electrified since the launch of Saubhagya, up to 31.03.2021. An additional 11.84 lakh  households  have  been  sanctioned  under  DDUGJY  against  which,  4.34  lakh households have been electrified. Accordingly, till date, a total 2.86 crore households have been electrified. Government of India have recently issued guidelines and mechanism for electrification of any left over un-electrified households identified before 31.3.2019 prior to Saubhagya. (e) & (f) : No specific complaint(s) have been received regarding the underground Cabling work executed by the agencies appointed for the purpose in the urban areas of Banswara and Dungarpur Circle. Since, no underground cabling has been carried out in rural areas under DDUGJY, the question does not arise in the gram sabhas.

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ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED

QUESTION    NO.  2580 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2022 **************

Name of Agencies to which UG cable work awarded under IPDS and the quantum of fund released by Discom:

(Rs. Crore)

|   Sl. No. | State         | Discom   | Name of Circle   | Agencies                                                                 |   Executed Amount |
|-----------|---------------|----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Uttar Pradesh | PuVVNL   | EDC-I Allahabad  | M/s KEI Ltd, M/s NCC Ltd, M/s Dee control Pvt Ltd.                       |              1.69 |
|         2 | Uttar Pradesh | PuVVNL   | EDC-II Allahabad | M/s KEI Ltd, M/s NCC Ltd, M/s Dee control Pvt Ltd.                       |              1.75 |
|         3 | Uttar Pradesh | PuVVNL   | EUDC Allahabad   | M/s KEI Ltd, M/s NCC Ltd, M/s Dee control Pvt Ltd.                       |             92.29 |
|         4 | Rajasthan     | AVVNL    | Banswara         | M/s Santosh Electricals, Jaipur                                          |              1.19 |
|         5 | Rajasthan     | AVVNL    | Dungarpur        | M/s Santosh Electricals, Jaipur in JV with M/s Shivam Enterprises Jaipur |              2.82 |

(Source:PFC)

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF UNSTARRED

QUESTION    NO.  2580 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 17.03.2022 **************

Details of funds sanctioned and released under IPDS, DDUGJY and Saubhagya: (Rs in crore)

| Scheme   | Banswara/ Rajasthan   | Banswara/ Rajasthan   | Dungarpur/ Rajasthan   | Dungarpur/ Rajasthan   | Prayagraj/ Uttar pradesh   | Prayagraj/ Uttar pradesh   |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|          | GoI grant sanctioned  | GoI grant released    | GoI grant sanctioed    | GoI grant released     | GoI grant sanctioed        | GoI grant released         |
| IPDS     | 5.41                  | 5.06                  | 6.11                   | 5.83                   | 159.7                      | 143.26                     |
| DDUGJY   | 140.14                | 110.24                | 68.77                  | 56.79                  | 78.31                      | 31.64                      |

District-wise  allocation  was  not  done  under  Saubhagya  and  only  State-wise  sanctions  were made. Details are as under:

(Rs in crore)

| State         |   Sanction |   Release |
|---------------|------------|-----------|
| Rajasthan     |        663 |       502 |
| Uttar Pradesh |       6188 |      2924 |

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