Lok Sabha Question No. 3296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-12
Subject: Gas Insulated Sub-Stations
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Shri Karan Bhushan Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3296 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026

## GAS INSULATED SUB-STATIONS

3296.  SHRI KARAN BHUSHAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of new sub-stations, including Gas Insulated Sub-Stations (GIS), along with  associated  66  KV  /  33  KV  /  22  KV  /  11  KV  transmission  and  distribution  lines, established under the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) during the last five years, State-wise  particularly in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise  with special  reference to Kaiserganj Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (b) the  number  of  existing  sub-stations  and  lines  that  have  been  renovated  and modernised under IPDS during the last five years, State-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise especially in Kaiserganj Lok Sabha Constituency; and
- (c) the criteria and procedure adopted for selection of existing sub-stations and lines for renovation and modernisation under the scheme?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a)  &  (b):  Government  of  India  (GoI)  launched  Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme (IPDS) in 2014 to strengthen sub-transmission and distribution network in the urban areas and projects worth ₹ 28,731 crore were executed under the scheme. The scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022. State-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS are placed at Annexure-I.

The works under IPDS were sanctioned Circle-wise based on the Detailed Project Reports  (DPRs)  submitted  by  the  Utilities.  The  Kaiserganj  parliamentary  constituency covers urban areas of Gonda & Baharich district in EDC Gonda Circle. The major works implemented at national level and in Electricity Distribution Circle (EDC), Gonda under IPDS are as below:

|   Sr. No. | Milestone Name                   | Unit   | Projects executed (National level)   |   Projects executed (EDC Gonda) |
|-----------|----------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | New Sub-stations (including GIS) | No.    | 1,086                                |                               9 |
|         2 | Aug. of Sub-station              | No.    | 1,609                                |                               3 |

|   3 | New High Tension (HT) Lines^        | CKm   | 23,476   |   149 |
|-----|-------------------------------------|-------|----------|-------|
|   4 | Aerial Bunched Cable (ABC)          | CKm   | 64,241   |    55 |
|   5 | New Low Tension (LT) Lines          | CKm   | 10,408   |     7 |
|   6 | Under Ground (UG) Cables            | Km    | 22,023   |    10 |
|   7 | New Distribution Transformers (DTs) | No.   | 59,992   |   127 |

^ comprising of 66/33/22/11 kv lines

Circle-wise  details  of  infrastructure  works  including  renovation  of  existing  substations & lines in the state of Uttar Pradesh including EDC Gonda circle are placed at Annexure-II. (c)  :    Based  on  Detailed  Project  Reports  (DPRs)  submitted  by  the  State  distribution utilities, assessing their requirement for the urban areas, and the recommendation of the State  Distribution  Reforms  Committee  (DRC),  the  projects  were  approved  by  the Monitoring Committee headed by Secretary (Ministry of Power), constituted under the scheme.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3296 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 *************

## State-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS

|   Sl. No | State             | New Power Sub- Station (No)   | GIS Sub-station (under GIS Project of IPDS) (No)   | Augmentation of Substations (No)   | New DT (No)   | New HT Lines (ckm)   | New LT Lines (ckm)   | ABC * (km)   | Under Ground Cable (km)   | Augmentation /Reconduc- toring of HT Lines (ckm)   | Augmenta- tion /Reconduc- toring of LT Lines (ckm)   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | A&N Island        | -                             | -                                                  | -                                  | -             | -                    | - -                  | -            | -                         |                                                    | -                                                    |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh    | 104                           | 24                                                 | 96                                 | 2,856         | 982                  | 384                  | 266          | 39                        | 315                                                | 185                                                  |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                             | -                                                  | -                                  | 470           | 312                  | 234                  | 67           | 4                         | 74                                                 | 08                                                   |
|        4 | Assam             | 13                            | 2                                                  | 39                                 | 686           | 617                  | 179                  | 2,454        | 5                         | 546                                                | 90                                                   |
|        5 | Bihar             | 64                            | 20                                                 | 152                                | 4,969         | 1,704                | 8                    | 8,415        | 665                       | 1,355                                              | 01                                                   |
|        6 | Chhattisgarh      | 32                            | -                                                  | 64                                 | 1,667         | 1,069                | 63                   | 3,249        | 43                        | 148                                                | 42                                                   |
|        7 | Delhi             | -                             | -                                                  | -                                  | -             | -                    | -                    | -            | -                         | -                                                  | -                                                    |
|        8 | Goa               | -                             | 3                                                  | -                                  | -             | -                    | -                    | -            | -                         | -                                                  | -                                                    |
|        9 | Gujarat           | 19                            | -                                                  | 55                                 | 6,111         | 539                  | 98                   | 5,300        | 2,088                     | 522                                                | 12                                                   |
|       10 | Haryana           | 5                             | 1                                                  | 5                                  | 1,001         | 283                  | 39                   | 1,052        | 290                       | 228                                                | 94                                                   |
|       11 | Himachal Pradesh  | 1                             | 1                                                  | 2                                  | 390           | 76                   | 66                   | 383          | -                         | 225                                                | 171                                                  |
|       12 | Jammu & Kashmir   | 17                            | 3                                                  | 46                                 | 816           | 155                  | 46                   | 1,036        | 2                         | 156                                                | 79                                                   |
|       13 | Jharkhand         | 26                            | -                                                  | 42                                 | 1,675         | 539                  | 0                    | 2,174        | 134                       | 349                                                | -                                                    |
|       14 | Karnataka         | 7                             | 6                                                  | 2                                  | 3,899         | 950                  | 457                  | 2,068        | 1,300                     | 974                                                | 5,625                                                |
|       15 | Kerala            | 3                             | -                                                  | 12                                 | 885           | 444                  | 199                  | 1,188        | 211                       | 194                                                | 2,724                                                |
|       16 | Ladakh            | -                             | -                                                  | 4                                  | 82            | 25                   | -                    | 62           | -                         | 11                                                 | -                                                    |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh    | 58                            | -                                                  | 133                                | 4,391         | 2,017                | 1,444                | 3,450        | 9                         | 638                                                | 2,122                                                |
|       18 | Maharashtra       | 114                           | -                                                  | 116                                | 5,048         | 1,381                | 951                  | 2,355        | 4,602                     | 282                                                | 459                                                  |
|       19 | Manipur           | 4                             | -                                                  | 2                                  | 200           | 130                  | 0                    | 989          | -                         | -                                                  | -                                                    |
|       20 | Meghalaya         | 6                             | 2                                                  | 2                                  | 53            | 75                   | 57                   | 0            | -                         | 11                                                 | 28                                                   |
|       21 | Mizoram           | 2                             | -                                                  | 2                                  | 55            | 135                  | 136                  | 91           | -                         | 12                                                 | 57                                                   |
|       22 | Nagaland          | 1                             | -                                                  | 1                                  | 121           | 131                  | 95                   | 0            | -                         | -                                                  | -                                                    |
|       23 | Odisha            | 14                            | -                                                  | 92                                 | 1,983         | 754                  | -                    | 3,405        | 18                        | 994                                                | -                                                    |
|       24 | Puducherry        | -                             | -                                                  | 0                                  | 50            | 4                    | -                    | -            | 12                        | -                                                  | -                                                    |
|       25 | Punjab            | -                             | -                                                  | 0                                  | 1,757         | 305                  | 91                   | 286          | 1                         | 1,193                                              | 607                                                  |
|       26 | Rajasthan         | 127                           | 4                                                  | 195                                | 2,395         | 664                  | 81                   | 79           | 2,817                     | 158                                                | 321                                                  |
|       27 | Sikkim            | 1                             |                                                    | 2                                  | 39            | 5                    | 18                   | 28           | 92                        | 01                                                 | 03                                                   |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu        | 68                            | 7                                                  | 41                                 | 1,094         | 4,266                | 1,747                | 153          | 1,747                     | 843                                                | 2,702                                                |
|       29 | Telangana         | 54                            | -                                                  | 54                                 | 4,284         | 853                  | 1,634                | 352          | 216                       | 401                                                | 1,304                                                |
|       30 | Tripura           | 6                             | -                                                  | 1                                  | 437           | 40                   | 11                   | 365          | 218                       | 61                                                 | 206                                                  |
|       31 | Uttar Pradesh     | 195                           | 1                                                  | 245                                | 7,929         | 3,689                | 2,359                | 9,660        | 5,126                     | 755                                                | 1,509                                                |
|       32 | Uttarakhand       | 1                             | 10                                                 | 37                                 | 295           | 179                  | -                    | 673          | 459                       | 152                                                | -                                                    |
|       33 | West Bengal       | 50                            | 8                                                  | 167                                | 4,354         | 1,153                | 11                   | 14,641       | 1,925                     | 1,730                                              | 117                                                  |

*ABC: Aerial Bunched Cable

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3296 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 *************

| Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   | Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                              | Circle Name                                                       | New Air Insulated Sub-station (Nos.)                              | GIS Sub- station (under GIS Project of IPDS) (Nos.)               | Augmentation of Substations (Nos.)                                | New DT (Nos.)                                                     | New HT Lines (Ckm.)                                               | New LT Lines (Ckm.)                                               | ABC (Ckm.)                                                        | UG Cable (Ckm.)                                                   | HT Lines Aug./ Reconduc- toring (Ckm.)                            | LT Lines Aug./ Reconductoring (Ckm.)                              |
| DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             | DVVNL                                                             |
| 1                                                                 | EDC Agra                                                          | 6                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 4                                                                 | 213                                                               | 109                                                               | 263                                                               | 60                                                                | 0                                                                 | 15                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 2                                                                 | EDC Alighar                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |                                                                   | 114                                                               | 24                                                                | 134                                                               | 34                                                                | 0                                                                 | 26                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 3                                                                 | EDC Banda                                                         | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 111                                                               | 42                                                                | 51                                                                | 104                                                               | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 4                                                                 | EDC Etah                                                          | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 6                                                                 | 227                                                               | 60                                                                | 261                                                               | 49                                                                | 0                                                                 | 12                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 5                                                                 | EDC Etawah                                                        | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 2                                                                 | 187                                                               | 40                                                                | 118                                                               | 151                                                               | 0                                                                 | 34                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 6                                                                 | EDC Farukhabad                                                    | 2                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 1                                                                 | 177                                                               | 49                                                                | 167                                                               | 138                                                               | 1                                                                 | 30                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 7                                                                 | EDC Firozabad                                                     | 2                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 8                                                                 | 65                                                                | 41                                                                | 70                                                                | 16                                                                | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 8                                                                 | EDC Hamirpur                                                      | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 150                                                               | 35                                                                | 106                                                               | 171                                                               | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 9                                                                 | EDC Hathras                                                       | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 108                                                               | 61                                                                | 130                                                               | 16                                                                | 0                                                                 | 7                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 10                                                                | EDC Jhansi                                                        | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 277                                                               | 101                                                               | 112                                                               | 249                                                               | 0                                                                 | 14                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 11                                                                | EDC Kanpur                                                        | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 1                                                                 | 182                                                               | 87                                                                | 106                                                               | 101                                                               | 3                                                                 | 28                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 12                                                                | EDC Mainpuri                                                      | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 5                                                                 | 158                                                               | 59                                                                | 206                                                               | 36                                                                | 0                                                                 | 44                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 13                                                                | EDC Mathura                                                       | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 153                                                               | 77                                                                | 126                                                               | 130                                                               | 0                                                                 | 60                                                                | 0                                                                 |
| 14                                                                | EDC Orai                                                          | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 2                                                                 | 72                                                                | 22                                                                | 81                                                                | 35                                                                | 0                                                                 | 9                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 15                                                                | EUDC Aligrah                                                      | 2                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 14                                                                | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 2                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 16                                                                | EUDC Mathura                                                      | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 32                                                                | 1                                                                 | 7                                                                 | 14                                                                | 201                                                               | 5                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 17                                                                | EUDC Jhansi                                                       | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              | Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL              |
| 1                                                                 | Bareily                                                           | 3                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 7                                                                 | 200                                                               | 247                                                               | 73                                                                | 337                                                               | 19                                                                | 10                                                                | 63                                                                |
| 2                                                                 | EDC Badaun                                                        | 3                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 4                                                                 | 133                                                               | 77                                                                | 14                                                                | 21                                                                | 19                                                                | 0                                                                 | 278                                                               |
| 3                                                                 | EDC Barabanki                                                     | 5                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 3                                                                 | 75                                                                | 102                                                               | 0                                                                 | 126                                                               | 6                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 51                                                                |
| 4                                                                 | EDC Faizabad                                                      | 6                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 1                                                                 | 95                                                                | 171                                                               | 51                                                                | 445                                                               | 42                                                                | 9                                                                 | 49                                                                |
| 5                                                                 | EDC Gonda                                                         | 9                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 3                                                                 | 127                                                               | 149                                                               | 7                                                                 | 55                                                                | 10                                                                | 7                                                                 | 550                                                               |
| 6                                                                 | EDC Hardoi                                                        | 4                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 5                                                                 | 66                                                                | 147                                                               | 20                                                                | 184                                                               | 5                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 7                                                                 | EDC Raibareli                                                     | 1                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 64                                                                | 20                                                                | 41                                                                | 0                                                                 | 18                                                                | 0                                                                 | 105                                                               |
| 8                                                                 | EDC Shajahanpur                                                   | 4                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 6                                                                 | 130                                                               | 105                                                               | 13                                                                | 176                                                               | 5                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |
| 9                                                                 | EDC Sitapur                                                       | 6                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 7                                                                 | 97                                                                | 137                                                               | 31                                                                | 233                                                               | 20                                                                | 0                                                                 | 99                                                                |
| 10                                                                | EDC Sultanpur                                                     | 5                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 |                                                                   |                                                                   | 13                                                                | 74                                                                | 4                                                                 | 9                                                                 | 17                                                                |
|                                                                   |                                                                   | 7                                                                 | 0                                                                 |                                                                   | 26                                                                | 76                                                                |                                                                   |                                                                   |                                                                   |                                                                   |                                                                   |
| 11                                                                | EDC Unnao                                                         |                                                                   |                                                                   | 2                                                                 | 127                                                               | 146                                                               | 18                                                                | 121                                                               | 26                                                                | 7                                                                 | 104                                                               |
| 12                                                                | Lucknow                                                           | 2                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 55                                                                | 38                                                                | 54                                                                | 54                                                                | 30                                                                | 0                                                                 | 109 0                                                             |
| 13                                                                | EDC Ayodhaya                                                      | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 3                                                                 | 26                                                                | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 0                                                                 | 770                                                               | 0                                                                 |                                                                   |

| PuVVNL                  | PuVVNL                         | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   | PuVVNL   |        |        |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------|--------|
| 1                       | EDC Azamgarh                   | 4        | 0        | 9        | 40       | 45       | 0        | 86       | 13       | 0        | 0      |        |
| 2                       | EDC Basti                      | 3        | 0        | 3        | 49       | 61       | 0        | 99       | 5        | 3        | 0      |        |
| 3                       | EDC Deoria                     | 4        | 0        | 0        | 62       | 90       | 0        | 78       | 9        | 0        | 0      |        |
| 4                       | EDC Fatehpur                   | 1        | 0        | 5        | 57       | 43       | 0        | 108      | 38       | 0        | 0      |        |
| 5                       | EDC Ghazipur                   | 2        | 0        | 5        | 65       | 31       | 0        | 84       | 4        | 0        | 0      |        |
| 6                       | EDC Gorakhpur                  | 1        | 0        | 5        | 29       | 20       | 0        | 65       | 1        | 0        | 0      |        |
| 7                       | EDC I Allahabad                | 5        | 0        | 3        | 33       | 56       | 0        | 137      | 15       | 0        | 0      |        |
| 8                       | EDC II Allahabad               | 3        | 0        | 3        | 38       | 11       | 0        | 151      | 18       | 0        | 0      |        |
| 9                       | EDC Jaunpur                    | 2        | 0        | 2        | 81       | 51       | 0        | 176      | 12       | 10       | 0      |        |
| 10                      | EDC Mau                        | 2        | 0        | 7        | 69       | 31       | 0        | 138      | 9        | 27       | 0      |        |
| 11                      | EDC Mirzapur                   | 3        | 0        | 3        | 17       | 29       | 0        | 56       | 4        | 0        | 0      |        |
| 12                      | EDC Sonbhadra                  | 3        | 0        | 4        | 37       | 24       | 0        | 87       | 8        | 0        | 0      |        |
| 13                      | EDC Varanasi                   | 2        | 0        | 1        | 41       | 9        | 0        | 136      | 23       | 12       | 0      |        |
| 14                      | EUDC Allahabad                 | 9        | 0        | 21       | 72       | 27       | 0        | 246      | 351      | 6        | 0      |        |
| 15                      | EUDC Gorakhpur                 | 3        | 0        | 5        | 107      | 7        | 0        | 150      | 343      | 6        | 0      |        |
| 16                      | EUDC Varanasi                  | 2        | 1        | 12       | 111      | 1        | 0        | 411      | 2247     | 0        | 0      |        |
| Total (C)               | Total (C)                      | 49       | 1        | 88       | 908      | 536      | 0        | 2208     | 3100     | 64       | 0      |        |
| KESCo                   | KESCo                          | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo    | KESCo  | KESCo  |
| 1                       | EDC Kanpur                     | 10       | 0        | 40       | 1503     | 91       | 24       | 415      | 306      | 365      | 84     |        |
| Total (D)               | Total (D)                      | 10       | 0        | 40       | 1503     | 91       | 24       | 415      | 306      | 365      | 84     |        |
| PVVNL^                  | PVVNL^                         | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^   | PVVNL^ | PVVNL^ |
| 1                       | PVVNL-(Non-RAPDRP Urban towns) | 53       | 0        | 34       | 1479     | 472      | 33       | 2839     | 498      | 0        | 0      |        |
| 2                       | PaVVNL- RAPDRP Urban towns)    | 10       | 0        | 13       | 593      | 355      | 29       | 1070     | 38       | 0        | 0      |        |
| Total (E)               | Total (E)                      | 63       | 0        | 47       | 2072     | 827      | 62       | 3909     | 536      | 0        | 0      |        |
| Grand Total (A+B+C+D+E) | Grand Total (A+B+C+D+E)        | 196      | 1        | 245      | 7930     | 3691     | 2359     | 9662     | 5123     | 755      | 1509   |        |

^ Scheme sanctioned as Project area wise [Non-RAPDRP Urban Towns (82 Nos towns) & R-APDRP Urban owns (55 Nos. towns)] in PVVNL Discom under IPDS

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