Lok Sabha Question No. 1973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Transmission Projects
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1973 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2015

## TRANSMISSION PROJECTS

1973.  SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH: SHIR D.S. RATHOD:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Right of Way (RoW) and forest clearances are hindering the execution of transmission projects;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  transmission  projects  that  got  stuck  due  to  these reasons; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in pursuing pending issues with concerned agencies for timely completion of transmission projects?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

- (a) & (b) : Right of Way (RoW) issues and delay in forest clearances are affecting the  progress  of  implementation  of  transmission  projects  and  the  RoW  issues  have become  major  cause  of  delay  in  implementation  of  the  projects.  The  State-wise details  of  transmission  projects  which  have  got  stuck  due  to  these  factors  are enclosed at Annex.
- (c) : The  following  steps  have  been  taken  by  the  Government  for  timely completion of transmission projects;
- (i) Ministry  of  Power  has  issued  guidelines  on  15.10.2015  to  all  the  State Governments/UTs for payment of compensation towards damages in regard to the Right of Way (RoW) for construction of Transmission Lines.
- (ii) Regular monitoring by Ministry of Power and Central Electricity Authority. The matter  is taken  up  with the State authorities as well as Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) for resolving the RoW and forest clearance issues respectively.
- (iii) Critical  transmission  projects  are  also  being  monitored  through  PRAGATI (Proactive Governance and timely implementation) portal wherein the issues affecting the progress of the projects are reviewed and corrective measures suggested. (iv) MOEFCC has issued forest clearance guidelines allowing working permission for linear projects by State Govt. after Stage-I (in principle) approval. MOEFCC has delegated the powers to Regional MoEFCC for approval of forest proposals of linear projects including transmission lines irrespective of forest

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- (v) area involved.

ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1973 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 10.12.2015. ***********

Details of Transmission Projects affected due to Right of Way (RoW) and Forest/ Wild Life Clearance issues

## A. Projects delayed due to RoW Issues

|   Sl. No. | Name of the transmission line                                                                                          | State         |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|         1 | LILO of Neelamangla - Hoddy 400KV S/C line & LILO of Somanhally-Hoddy 400KV S/C line at Yelahanka through Multi - Ckt. | Karnataka     |
|         2 | 400KV D/C Madhugiri - Yelhanka line (QUAD)                                                                             | -do-          |
|         3 | 765KV S/C Salem Pooling Station - Madhugiri Pooling Station line (initialy charged at 400KV)                           | -do-          |
|         4 | 400KV D/C Dharmapuri (Salem New) - Somanahalli line                                                                    | -do-          |
|         5 | 400 KV D/C Edamon (KSEB) - Muvattupuzha line                                                                           | Kerala        |
|         6 | 400KV D/C Dehradun - Bagpat line                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh |
|         7 | 400KV D/C Roorkee - Saharanpur line                                                                                    | -do-          |
|         8 | 400KV D/C Lower Subhansiri - Biswanath Chariyali line -I                                                               | Assam         |
|         9 | 400KV D/C Lower Subhansiri - Biswanath Chariyali line -II                                                              | -do-          |
|        10 | LILO of Lonikhand (MSEB) - Kalwa (MSEB) 400 kV S/C line at Navi Mumbai                                                 | Maharashtra   |
|        11 | 400KV D/C Silchar - Melriat (New) line (to be charged at 132KV)                                                        | Mizoram       |

## B.   Projects delayed due to Forest clearance

|   1 | 400kV D/C Kishenpur - New Wanpoh line           | J&K         |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|   2 | 400KV D/C Aurangabad - Boisar line (Quad)       | Maharashtra |
|   3 | Navasari - Navi Mumbai (Boisar) 400 kV D/C line | -do-        |
|   4 | Kala - Kudus 400 KV D/C line                    | -do-        |
|   5 | Angul-Jharsuguda 765 KV D/C Line                | Odisha      |

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