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State Reports (Vol.-III)
Study on `Impact of Restructuring of SEBs’
To provide 24 hours three phase supply to the residential, industrial and commercial
loads in rural areas, Government of Gujarat initiated a scheme of separating
agricultural load from village loads by providing separate dedicated feeders for the
villages delinking these from the existing composite feeders. This scheme, namely
‘Jyoti Gram Yojna’ (JGY), was initiated in September 2003. The State has a total of
18,065 villages. Of these 17,738 villages are electrified in the conventional manner
and 98 villages are provided with solar panels and 229 villages are not electrified due
to no demand/less than 10 per cent demand/forest/submerged villages. Till May 2006,
a total of 17,773 villages were covered under the JGY and three more villages will be
covered after forest clearance is obtained.
The physical achievements, related costs and benefits obtained are given below:
Cost Benefits and other Details of ‘Jyoti Gram Yojna’
Description
2003
-04
2004
-05
2005
-06
From April
-May 2006
Total Up to
May 2006
Number of villages covered 2,516 6,203 9,002 52 17,773
Costs for above works (Rs crore) 53.26 358.57 665.66 19.17 1096.66
Cost of energy saved (Rs crore) 498.93
Approximate energy saved (MU) 1750.64
Reduction in demand (MW)
Network Addition
600
Number of new JGY feeders erected 1,324
Total length of HT line added (ckt km) 46,255
Total length of LT line added (ckt km) 7,119
Number of distribution transformers added 11,199
IMPACT OF ‘JYOTI GRAM YOJNA’
The success of this scheme has dispelled the notion that investments in improving
services in the rural sector do not pay back enough in financial terms. The average
investment per village is seen to be increasing from Rs 2.12 lakh for the first lot of
villages to Rs 7.39 lakh for the third lot of villages (Rs 36.36 lakh for last 52 villages)
probably due to long lengths of 11 kV feeders in each subsequent lot of villages
covered under JGY. It is, however, seen from the reported savings after almost
completing the scheme, that in a period of less than three years, more than 45 per cent
of investments in JGY are paid back. Apart from this favourable cost/benefit ratio to
the Utility, this scheme will provide the required impetus for development of rural
economy, creation of job opportunities, better health and education services, leading
to an improved standard of living in the villages.
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