DDUGJY
DDUGJY
Govt. of India launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) in December 2014 for the rural areas with the following components:
(i) Segregation of agriculture feeders with the objective of providing day time power supply to farmers;
(ii) Strengthening and augmentation of distribution infrastructure in the rural areas, including metering of feeders, distribution transformers and consumers;
(iii) Village and household electrification works.
In line with the components mentioned above, projects had been sanctioned for the state of Tamil Nadu under DDUGJY and implementation of the same had commenced in September 2016. All physical works were completed by 31.12.2020 and the scheme stands closed now. The details of work sanctioned and executed for the State of Tamil Nadu, under DDUGJY are placed at Annexure.
For smooth implementation of the works under DDUGJY, institutional mechanism was established as detailed below:
(i) At State level, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary to monitor the progress of works.
(ii) At Central level, inter-ministerial Monitoring Committee headed by the Secretary (Power), Government of India, to formulate the guidelines and to monitor the progress of the scheme.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Power, Shri Shripad Naik, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS
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The details of work sanctioned and executed in Tamil Nadu, under DDUGJY are as follows:
Sl. No.
Milestone name
Unit
Target
Achievement
1
33/11 KV New Substations
Nos.
108
106
2
Augmentation of 33/11 KV SS
Nos.
119
128
3
Erection of upstream and downstream lines for the above SS
(i) 33 KV Lines
Km
1,478
1,514
(ii) 11 KV Line
Km
1,513
1,345
4
Feeder Segregation
Nos.
29
29
Erection of 11 KV line
Km
713
669
Erection of LT line
Km
261
242
Erection of DTs
Nos.
974
895
5
Energy Meter – Consumer
Nos.
11,93,990
11,95,856
Single phase meters
Nos.
10,16,794
10,44,121
Three phase meters
Nos.
1,77,196
1,51,735
6
Connection to Households
(i) BPL Households
Nos.
897
897
(ii) APL Households
Nos.
6,171
6,679
(iii) DTs
Nos.
283
294
(iv) 11 KV line
Km
284
201
(v) Erection of LT line
Km
931
966