(a) whether fifth unit of 500 MW Anpara Power Plant in U.P. was shut down
recently;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the steps taken by the Union Government for smooth power supply in the State?
(a) whether fifth unit of 500 MW Anpara Power Plant in U.P. was shut down
recently;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the steps taken by the Union Government for smooth power supply in the State?
THE MINISTER OF POWER ( SHRI P.M. SAYEED )
(a) & (b) : In the recent past, the fifth unit of Anpara Power Plant (500 MW) in Uttar
Pradesh was under forced outage for six days (i.e. 7th to 13th September 2005) due to
Water Wall Tube Leakage.
(c) : The supply and distribution of electricity in a State is the responsibility of
the concerned State Government/State Power Utility, which inter-alia decides the
priorities of power supply to various categories of consumers/areas in the States.
Government of India only supplements the efforts of the State Government by way of
generation capacity addition, establishment of bulk transmission system in the central
sector through central sector undertakings and by arranging additional assistance from the
unallocated quota of the Central Generating Stations. Steps taken by Government of
India to assist Uttar Pradesh in improving the power supply in the State are given below:
(i) With the commissioning of Rihand STPS Unit 3 (500 MW) and Dhauliganga HPS (280 MW) in the Central Sector in the recent past, firm share of UP has increased from 2788 MW to 2992 MW.
(ii) Entire output of Tanda TPS (440 MW) and 66 MW from non-firm allocation of Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) Units 3 & 4 stands allocated in favour of UP.
(iii) Presently, following allocations have been made from the unallocated quota of Central Generating stations:
# 221-276 MW power in different time slots of the day from the unallocated quota of the Central Generating Stations in the Northern Region.
# 11-15 MW power from the unallocated quota of Rajasthan Atomic Power Station Unit - 3 & 4 in different time slots of the day.
# About 50 MW power from the unallocated quota of the Central Generating Stations in Eastern Region.
(iv) Uttar Pradesh will also get its share of power from Dulhasti HEP (390 MW) of NHPC, Tehri HEP Stage 1 (1000 MW) of THDC, Unchahar-III (210 MW) and Rihand-II (500 MW) of NTPC and RAPP Unit – 5 (220 MW) which are under implementation.
(v) Rural Electrification in Uttar Pradesh:
The Government of Uttar Pradesh has signed Tripartite and Quadripartite agreements in July, 2005 under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana. Proposals for 63 districts have been approved at the cost of about Rs.2156 crores out of which about Rs.640 crores have been released by REC for the Rural Electrification works under the scheme till date.
(vi) Accelerated Power Development & Reforms Programme (APDRP): Under the APDRP scheme, projects amounting to about Rs.1091 crores have been sanctioned for improvement of Sub-Transmission and Distribution (ST&D) system in the State. This includes APDRP component of about Rs.340 crores. Out of this about Rs.130 crores have been released and about Rs.139 crores have been utilized (including counter part funding). An amount of Rs.369.85 crores have been sanctioned as counter part funding component and out of which Rs.84.16 crores have been drawn by Uttar Pradesh.