(a) whether hundreds of villages in Jammu & Kashmir are partly
electrified/unelectrified/de-electrified and are remain without the electric supply for months
during winter after snowfall snaps transmission lines;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to include all these villages in a special package for
providing solar and other alternate sources of energy; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY(DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH)
(a),(b),(c)&(d): The Remote Village Electrification Programme of the Ministry provides
for financial support for provision of renewable energy systems in those un-electrified remote
villages only where grid connectivity will not be feasible under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin
Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). Under the programme, Ministry has sanctioned projects for
providing basic lighting facility in 440 numbers of villages and 20 numbers of hamlets in the
state of Jammu & Kashmir.
Under another project on “Ladakh Renewable Energy Initiativeâ€. 70 numbers of unelectrified
villages are proposed to be covered through solar photovoltaic power plants. In addition, 30
numbers of small/ micro hydel projects and some other solar thermal devices and systems are
also proposed to be taken up under the said project. However, there is no proposal at present
for a special package to cover partly electrified/ unelectrified/ de-electrifed villages with
solar/ alternate sources.