Ministry of Power

DDUGJY

Posted On: 25 JUL 2024 5:01PM by PIB Delhi

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

 

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