(a) whether the Government is formulating any scheme for rural areas to increase the number of small hydel power projects in the country;
(b) the total number of small hydel power projects functioning at present in the country and the number of villages to which electricity is being supplied therefrom, State-wise;
(c) whether the Government propose to set up such more projects during the current year; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, location-wise and State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI VILAS MUTTEMWAR)
(a): Yes Sir. The Ministry has formulated a scheme to increase number of small hydro power (SHP) projects in the country under which it is giving subsidy for the installation of SHP projects (upto 25 MW station capacity) in the government and private sectors. SHP projects are usually grid connected and set up on rivers and canal drops, mostly in rural areas. Where potential exists, decentralised SHP projects are also being set up for electrification of remote villages.
(b), (c) & (d): So far 522 SHP projects aggregating 1705 MW have been set up and 205 SHP projects aggregating 479 MW are under implementation. State-wise details are given in Table-I. Of these, 66 projects have been set up in decentralised mode which have electrified 104 villages and 51 more such projects are under implementation for electrification of 156 villages. State-wise details are given in Table-II.
TABLE I
Table-1 referred to in reply to Parts(b),(c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 136 for 11.3.2005.
STATE WISE NUMBERS AND AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF SHP PROJECTS (UPTO 25 MW) ALREADY SET UP AND THOSE UNDER IMPLEMENTATION
(AS ON 28.02.2005)
Sl.No. State Projects already set-up Projects under implementation
Nos. Capacity (MW) Nos. Capacity (MW)
1 Andhra Pradesh 57 178.81 5 7.30 2 Arunachal Pradesh 57 33.80 55 51.87 3 Assam 3 2.11 8 51.00 4 Bihar 5 45.90 9 14.00 5 Chattisgarh 4 13.50 1 5.50 6 Goa 1 0.05 - - 7 Gujarat 2 7.00 - - 8 Haryana 5 62.70 - - 9 Himachal Pradesh 50 108.08 8 52.75 10 J&K 29 105.24 7 10.31 11 Jharkhand 6 4.05 8 34.85 12 Karnataka 49 276.78 7 14.00 13 Kerala 14 84.62 6 60.40 14 Madhya Pradesh 8 41.16 3 24.20 15 Maharashtra 27 207.08 4 15.25 16 Manipur 8 5.45 3 2.75 17 Meghalaya 3 30.71 9 3.28 18 Mizoram 16 14.76 3 15.50 19 Nagaland 8 20.47 6 12.40 20 Orissa 6 7.30 7 40.97 21 Punjab 23 111.40 4 5.75 22 Rajasthan 10 23.85 - - 23 Sikkim 12 35.60 5 15.20 24 Tamil Nadu 12 77.70 1 6.60 25 Tripura 3 16.01 - - 26 Uttar Pradesh 8 21.50 1 3.60 27 Uttaranchal 75 72.45 38 26.01 28 West Bengal 20 92.26 7 5.80 29 A&N Islands 1 5.25 - -
Total 522 1,705.59 205 479.30
TABLE II
Table-11 referred to in reply to Parts(b),(c) & (d) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 136 for 11.3.2005.
STATE-WISE SHP PROJECTS ALREADY SET UP AND THOSE UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN DECENTRALISED MODE SHOWING NUMBER, AGGREGATE CAPACITY AND VILLAGES ELECTRIFIED/TO BE ELECTRIFIED
(AS ON 28.02.2005)
Sr.No. State Projects already set up Projects under implementation
No. Capa- Villages No. Capa- Villages city electrified city to be (KW) (KW) electrified
1. Arunachal Pradesh 6 320 12 33 1375 75
2. Bihar 5 50 5 - - -
3. Himachal Pradesh 16 240 18 1 50 1
4. Jammu & Kashmir 5 25 5 - - -
5. Uttaranchal 29 1792 59 13 840 68 6. West Bengal 5 50 5 4 200 12
Total 66 2477 104 51 2465 156