(a) whether most of the 10KVA and 16KVA transformers installed in the villages of west Singhbhum in Jharkhand under Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana have been burnt and are not being replaced with new transformers due to which there is no electricity in the villages;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the efforts made by the Government to immediately replace the burnt transformers in the villages of the said district?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND
NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY
( SHRI R. K. SINGH )
(a) to (c) As reported by Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL), 784 numbers of 10 KVA and 16 KVA Distribution Transformers (DTs) are burnt and identified for replacement in different villages of District West Singhbhum, Jharkhand. Of these, 379 burnt DTs of 10/16 kVA have already been replaced with 25/63 kVA as on 31.12.2017. Further, JBVNL has informed that no village in District West Singhbhum is without electricity due to burning of 10/16 KVA transformers.
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