Question : SETTING UP OF POWER GRID STATIONS

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up power grid stations in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the amount likely to be spent on each one of them;

(d) the time by which the said stations are likely to be set up;

(e) whether the Union Government has received any request from the Government of Delhi in this regard;

(f) if so, the action taken by the Union Government in this regard; and

(g) the extent to which the power supply in Delhi is likely to be improved as a result thereof?

THE MINISTER OF POWER (SHRI SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE)


(a) to (d) : Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL), which has mandate for development of inter-State and inter-regional Transmission Systems, has been undertaking implementation of various Transmission schemes in the Central sector throughout the country. These transmission schemes also include establishment of grid substations. Many of these transmission schemes are already under implementation. The details of the additional transmission schemes which have been planned by PGCIL are given at Annex. The responsibility of development of State Grid system lies with the respective State Transmission Utilities.


(e) & (f) : Chief Minister, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi vide her letter of 9.3.2006 has requested for allocation of more power to Delhi. However, no specific request for setting up of a grid sub-station in Delhi has been made.


(g) : States in various Regions, including Northern Region will be the beneficiaries of the transmission schemes mentioned in the Annex. Delhi, being a constituent of Northern Region, will also be benefited through some of these transmission schemes. Besides these schemes, under the Transmission System associated with Tala HEP, East-North Interconnector and Northern Region Transmission System, one 400/220 kV GIS sub-station at Maharani Bagh in Delhi is under construction.