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RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMME
With a view to provide access to electricity to all rural
households, Government of India has launched a new
scheme under “Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran
Yojana”. The task of implementing the scheme and to
augment resource capacities for implementation, Union
Ministry of Power has involved CPSUs like NTPC, NHPC,
PGCIL & DVC for making available their expertise and
capabilities to the States willing to use the same.
DVC has been assigned the project of rural electrification
in Purba Medinipore district of West Bengal and eight
districts in Jharkhand, namely, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Koderma,
Giridih, Hazaribagh, Gumla, Simdeaga, and Chatra as
deposit work on behalf of respective SEBs. All funds in the
form of subsidy and loan assistance provided by the
Government for the programme would be canalised through
REC. Besides this, REC will act as nodal agency for
complete supervision of the programme from concept to
completion. The role of DVC is in project formulation,
planning, design and engineering, procurement of goods
and implementation/commissioning of the project.
Project at a glance in West Bengal
DVC has been executing Rural Electrification Project under
AREP (Accelerated Rural Electrification Programme)
Scheme in the district of Purba Medinipore of West Bengal
covering 807 Nos. un-electrified mouzas as per the project
sanctioned by REC.
The scheme has subsequently been merged with the newly
formulated RGGVY Scheme and as such DVC has to
undertake intensification work in already covered and
sanctioned 807 Nos. mouzas for providing 100% access
of electricity to all the households as per scheme stipulation
for which DPR has been submitted. Further, similar
intensification work has also to be undertaken for the
balance 2160 Nos. partially electrified mouzas to cover the
entire district. DPR for such intensification work has also
been submitted to WBSEB.
Work status of ongoing project as on 30-11-07
Total No. of mouzas : 807
Mouza energized : 490 Nos. commercially and
4 Nos. as anti-theft
measure.
BPL service
connection effected : 5455 Nos.
Renovation work at
Singda S/Stn : Completed and
commissioned on 02-11-06.
Work completed and
awaiting inspection
by WBSEB : 71 Nos.
Work in progress in
balance 229 mouzas, out of which:
Pole erection completed : 178 Nos.
Stringing completed : 97 Nos.
DT erection completed : 59 Nos.
Pole erection in
progress : 41 Nos.
Project at a glance in Jharkhand
The Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) on behalf of
Government of Jharkhand has entrusted similar assignment
to DVC for rural electrification project in the State of
Jharkhand with the concurrence of REC. The project in
Jharkhand will cover 8547 villages in 8 districts, namely,
Dhanbad, Bokaro, Koderma, Giridih, Hazaribagh, Gumla,
Simdega, and Chatra spread over 76 No. blocks under
RGGVY Scheme.
Work status as on 30-11-2007:
Work Order for 5 districts viz. Dhanbad, Koderma, Bokaro,
Gumla, and Simdega have been awarded on receipt of
formal sanctions from REC on the basis of DPR estimated
rate and scope. However, sanction is yet to be received as
per L-1 offered price for which request has already been
made to REC through JSEB and GOJ.
As regards balance three districts viz. Giridih, Hazaribagh
& Chatra, price bids have been opened after techno
commercial evaluation and the respective L-1 bidders were
found to quote 25.57%, 8.72% and 19.95% above the
approved costs respectively. Since the cost involvements
are more than the approved costs, REC has been
approached for according sanctions on the basis of L-1
offered prices. The respective LOAs will be issued on
receipt of such sanctions,
Progress:
A total of 10064 No. poles (Bokaro – 3175, Dhanbad –
3499, Koderma – 3390) in the State of Jharkhand have
been pitched. Out of a total of 1872 villages, work in 279
villages of Dhanbad, Koderma and Bokaro districts are in
progress and a total of 50(fifty) villages (Dhanbad – 43,
Koderma – 4, Bokaro – 3) have been electrified till date.
Civil works in 8 Nos. PSS have been taken up in the above
three districts. Work in the rest of the villages is in progress.
The reason for delay in work is attributable to late release
of fund from REC, late revision of DPR scope and cost,
non-issuance of road permit from JSEB and non-receipt of
forest clearance.
Site mobilization and village survey in Gumla and Simdega
districts are also in progress.