Chapter -3 (Infrastructure )

8/9/2019 Chapter -3 (Infrastructure )

1/119

Chapter-3

INFRASTRUCTURE

Roads and Bridges

Role of Transport sector

Transport plays an extremely important role in the daily lives of every individual in various forms.

The economic development, growth and development of cities, population distribution, energy

consumption and access to markets and quality of life are some of the notable areas of its influence. The

heavy investments made in this sector contribute substantially to the countrys GDP and generates

employment.

2. The transport system in India comprises railways, roads, civil aviation, shipping, and inland water

transport, ports and pipelines. Over the last 50 years, the growth of this network and the demand for

transport services has been enormous. The volume of railway freight has increased five fold and passenger

kilometers nearly seven fold. The length of surfaced roads has multiplied nine fold. The number of goods

vehicles has increased 40 fold, buses 20 fold and four-wheel passenger vehicles 30 fold. The tonnage of

freight handled by the nations expanding system of major and minor ports has grown more than 16 fold.

Air freight has increased about 30 fold.

3. In spite of this increase the entire transport system is facing capacity constraints and there is heavycongestion especially in the high-density corridors. The rural areas are poorly served by transport. Only

seven, out of every ten habitations have been connected by either painted or BOE (Kharanja) roads. In

urban areas there has been an explosive growth of personalized vehicles, due to non availability of

adequate public transport which coupled with inadequate road infrastructure lead to congestion, delays,

accidents, environmental pollution and avoidable energy losses. The vehicle population has increased

from 3 lakh in 1950-51 to an estimated 670 lakh in 2003 i.e. 224 times in 53 years. At present over 10 lakh

vehicles are being added every year.

4. In stark contrast to the 1950s when railways dominated the scene, road transport has overtaken the

railways as a dominant mode of transport both in passenger movement and freight haulage due to

advantages in terms of easy availability, flexibility of operation, door-to-door service, reliability and

maneuverability.

5. The relative share of road transport has increased from 12% to 60% of freight and from 32% to 80% of

passenger business. It is therefore important that transport capacities should be created ahead of the future

demand and on a scale larger than is justifiable in relation to the immediate demand, keeping in view long

gestation period involved in the construction projects.

[ 201 ]


2/119

Demographic Characteristics of Uttar Pradesh

6. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous State of India with 16.62 crore persons (2001 census). The total

area of the state is 2.41 lakh sq km with a density of 689 persons per sq km. It is divided into 17 Divisions

and 70 Districts. The decadal growth of State population during 1991-2001 has been 25.8% compared to

all India growth of 21.34% over the same period. As regards population growth, UP ranks 16th among 35

States / Union territories of the country. The State rural population as per 2001 census is 13.15 crore

(79.12%) and urban population is 3.47 crore (20.87%).

Road Development Plan Vision 2021

7. On the basis of the assessment of the achievements of the Lucknow Plan (1981 2001) and keeping in

view the present and the future needs of the country, Indian Roads Congress has formulated the Vision

2021 for the Highway development in the first two decades of the 21st century for the country as a whole.

National Highways

8. It has been stipulated that National Highways should have a minimum of two-lane carriageway with

hard shoulders. Half the network should have four / six-lanes. Strengthening of weak pavements,

rehabilitation of bridges showing signs of distress, construction of bypasses, railway over bridges, safety

engineering and drainage measures are also stipulated. Expanding the present NH system to 80,000 km by

the end of 2021 is envisaged. As per MOT Economic Survey NH length was 34100 km in 1994-95 in the

country.

State Highways

9. IRC stipulates that entire length of State Highways should be of minimum two lane standards of which

some segments with additional hard shoulders and 10,000 km of State Highways to be four laned by the

year 2021. Present State Highways system is proposed to be expanded to 1,60,000 km by the end of 2021

in the country.

Major District Roads

10. As per Vision 2021 of IRC, 40 percent of Major District Roads in the country should have a minimum of

two-lane carriageway and the total length of network to be expanded to 3,20,000 km by the end of 2021.

11. Although Vision 2021 has not laid down specific targets for different states, an attempt has been made

to fix the proportionate target of Uttar Pradesh in respect of National Highways, State Highways and Major

District Roads on the basis of the proportion of countrys population residing in Uttar Pradesh as per 2001

census. The targets so determined of different categories of roads are as under:-

[ 202 ]


3/119

Targets and likely achievements of Tenth Plan - An overview

12. The process of development of roads of the country as well as for this State has been carried out on the

basis of the recommendations and principles laid down by various committees from time to time. The

expenditures of State Plan in different plans up to the Ninth Plan and corresponding expenditures in the

transport sector (Roads and Bridges is a sub sector under the transport sector and forms the major chunk)

have been shown in the table below: -

Financial

# Plan Plan Period States Total

Expenditure

(Rs in Cr)

Expenditure

for Transport

sector

(Rs in Cr)

% of Total

Expenditure

1 First Plan 1951-56 153* 6.86* 4.48

2 Second Plan 1956-61 233* 15.37* 6.60

3 Third Plan 1961-66 561* 28.14* 5.02

4 3 Annual Plans 1966-69 455*

5 Fourth Plan 1969-74 1166* 77.96* 6.69

6 Fifth Plan 1974-79 2909* 246.66* 8.48

7 Annual Plan (79-80) 1979-80 829*

8 Sixth Plan 1980-85 6597* 677.90* 10.28

9 Seventh Plan 1985-90 11949* 1278.18* 10.70

10 Annual Plan (90-91) 1990-91 6904*

11 Annual Plan (91-92) 1991-9212 Eighth Plan 1992-97 21680* 2497.02* 11.52

13 Ninth Plan 1997-02 28309 3899.95 13.78*Including Uttranchal

13. The financial targets and achievements during the Tenth Plan are as under: -

(Rs. in crore)

# Road

Category

Population (in

crore)

Country Target &

U.P.s Target as per

Vision 2021 ( in kms.)

Proportionate

target for U.P.

for year 2011

taking base yr.

03 / 06 [(col 6

col 8) / 3+

col 8] (in

kms.)

Existing

Road

length as

on 3/06

(in kms.)

Proposed

addition /

Upgradation

of roads in

kms [(col 6-

col 8)/3] by

year 2011

(col7 col8)

Proposed

up

gradation

per year in

kms

(col9/col5)

India U.P. India Uttar

Pradesh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 N.H 102.87 16.62 80,000 12,925 8021 5570 2451 490

2 S.H. 102.87 16.62 1,60,000 25,850 14317 8551 5766 1153

3 M.D.R. 102.87 16.62 3,20,000 51,700 22130 7345 14785 2957

Total 5,60,000 90,475 44469 21466 23003 4600

[ 203 ]


4/119

Total approved outlay

of Tenth Plan

Year Outlay Expenditure

6008.16

2002-03 796.53 920.70

2003-04 1225.22 803.85

2004-05 1264.97 697.77

2005-06 1832.90 2171.252006-07 2594.13 3259.82*

Total 7713.75 7853.39*

*Anticipated

14. During the year 2003-04 the short fall in expenditure was mainly due to the fact that final budget of the

department could be passed by the House in December 2003 and model code of conduct was also

promulgated in Feb. 2004 in view of the Lok Sabha Election. The shortfall was also in the SRP-II works

under Externally Aided Project which was due to non-procurement of packages and delay in registration of

agreement for supervision of consultant for 4 upgradation packages.

Physical

15. The year wise physical target and the achievement during the Tenth Plan are as under:-

# Item Unit Tenth

Plan

Target

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Target Ach Target Ach Target Ach Target Ach Target Anti.

Ach

1

.

New

construction of

roads

Kms 9236 2893 501

1

2893 709

6

2202 218

7

2202 403

4

1648 7000

2

.

Strengthening

of

SH/MDR/ODR

Kms 1395 80 8

6

117 220 244 315 449 81

2

2000 200

0

3

.

Bridges Nos 216 23 1

4

36 47 27 15

7

29 102 91 91

4

.

ROB Nos 10 2

1

1 2 4 5 1 4 4 4

5

.

EAP

- Upgradation

-Strengthening

(Rehabilitation

)

Kms

Kms

770

2200

Nil

88

-

-

50

413

Nil

24

1

64

326

Nil

30

4

150

232

-

81

204

296

223

293

Status of Village Connectivity

[ 204 ]


5/119

Total

No. of

Villages

(1991

census)

Villages

connect

ed as on

31.3.02

Balance

unconn-

ected at

the end of

Ninth

Plan

Tenth

Plan

Target

2002-03

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Target

Ach.

Target

Ach

Target

Ach

Target

Ach

Target

Ant.Ach

98248 43437 54811 3695 910 2920 1376 2761 2189 1928 1402 6635 2716 2716

Year wise Status of Upgradation of roads to NH during the X Plan

# Year Length of declared NHs (in kms)

1 2002-03 82.550

2 2003-04 Nil

3 2004-05 640.685

4 2005-06 Nil

5 2006-07 184.040Total 907.275

16. 39.60 km of Major District Roads were upgraded to State Highways during the year 2002-03, and

56.98 km of Other District Roads have been up graded to MDR category in the year 2006-07.

Status of connectivity of habitations

17. State Road Development policy was formulated in 1998 to provide impetus to rural connectivity. On

the basis of 1991 census, an ambitious target of connecting all the villages of more than 1000 population

by 2005 and of population less than 1000 by 2010 was aimed. On account of the practical limitations of

the concept of village connectivity a new concept of connectivity of habitations was developed. PMGSY

was launched by Government of India in the year 2000 on the basis of this new concept, which envisaged a

time bound programme to connect and upgrade all habitations of more than 1000 population by 2003-04

(in I Phase) and of population between 500 to 1000 by the year 2007-08 (in II Phase). However, the due

dates for attainment of set targets have since been revised and it is expected to connect all 1000+

habitations by the year 2009.

18. At the advent of the Eleventh Plan, out of a total of 1,70,004 habitations of the State, only 1,20,444

habitations are expected to be connected according to PMGSY standards i.e. connectivity either through

painted or BOE (Kharanja) roads. Thus leaving 49560 (29.15%) habitations unconnected. (Annexure-1(a))

Construction of Railway over bridges

[ 205 ]


6/119

19. Construction of Railway overhead / under head bridges has also been accorded high priority along

with construction of road bridges. Construction of 9 overhead bridges at Aligarh, Deoria, Rampur, Etawah,

Kanpur (Tat Mill). Ambedkar nagar, Bareilly, J.P. Nagar and Allahabad (Sirsa Mandi) are under progress.

Some important Railway overhead bridges at Lucknow (Raidas Mandir), Lucknow (Mawaiya), Fatehpur,

Meerut (Partapur), Gorakhpur (Dharamshala Crossing), Lucknow (Engg. College), Lucknow (Gomti

Nagar), Lucknow (Sadar Bazaar), Hathras and Hardoi have been completed during the Tenth Plan up to

Dec 2006. Two Overhead bridges at Rampur, Ambedkar Nagar are likely to be completed soon.

Proposals for construction of 11 overhead bridges have been included in the Railway works programme

during the year 2006-07.

Status of Roads & Highways in UP

20. The achievement in road length of all categories, including earthen Roads corresponding to the target

of Road Development Plan-Vision 2021, for the State of Uttar Pradesh are as follows:-

Item Target Lengthfor 2011 (km.)

Achievement as on 31.3.2006 % of Target

Road Development Plan-Vision 2021

N.H. 8030 5570 (1.4.2006)* 69%

S.H. 14542 8551 (1.4.2006)** 58%

MDR 22086 7345 (1.4.2006)** 33%

ODR&VR 255316 (1.4.2006)***

Total:- 276782 #* With PWD = 3824.775 km, With NHAI=1745.496 km.

** PWD Only.*** including 1,43,678 km of other Department Roads (excluding Local Bodies and Avas Vikas Parishad).

# Out of this Black Top length is 1,50,303 kms only.

State Highways

21. As per Vision 2021, length of State Highways in the state by the 2011 should be 14542 km against

which the length of state Highways is 8551 km only as on 31.3.2006. Road Development Plan Vision

2021envisages the entire length of State Highways to be of minimum double lane standard.

22. Existing traffic density, on most of the State Highways, requires double laning (in some cases even

four laning) and strengthening as well. However the present position is as under: -

(a) Below Standard Single Line (up to 3.74 m width) 2736 kms32%

(b) Standard Single Line (3.75-6.99 m width) 1426 kms 17%

(c) Standard Double Line (7.00-10.49m width) 4306 kms 50%

(d) Standard Multiple Line (above 10.5 m width) 83 kms

1%

Total: - 8551 kms

[ 206 ]


7/119

23. This clearly establishes that the existing 49% length of SHs, which is less than 7.0m in width should be

double laned in the Eleventh Plan itself. In addition to this, 30% length of the existing double lane SHs

will also need to be strengthened.

Major District Roads (MDRs)

24. The length of Major District Roads in the State as per Road Development Plan Vision 2021, should

be 22086 km by the year 2011. Against this, the MDR length is 7345 km as on 31.03.06. Further, 40% of

Major District Roads should have double lane pavement according to Vision 2021. The present position is

as given below: -

(a) Below Standard SL (up to 3.74 m width) 5195 kms 72%

(b) Standard SL (3.75-6.99 m width) 1518 kms 20%

(c) Standard DL (7.00-10.49m width) 607 kms 8%

(d) Standard ML (above 10.5 m width) 25 kms -

Total: - 7345 kms

25. It is therefore important that entire available length of MDRs of the State should be double laned and

up graded to State Highway in the Eleventh Plan itself. So the entire length of existing MDR is proposed to

be double laned by 2012 and 20% of existing double lane length to be strengthened.

Other District Roads (ODRs)

26. The present status of Other District Roads in the State is as under:

Below Standard SL (up to 3.74 m width) 25851 kms 88%

Standard SL (3.75 - 6.99 m width) 2012 kms 7%

Standard DL (7.00 -10.49m width) 1088 kms 4%

Standard ML (above 10.5 m width) 228 kms 1%

Total: - 29179 kms

27. To achieve the targets of the Road Development Plan Vision 2021, widening of 20% length of 5.5mwidth to 7.0m width and widening of 20% length of 3.5m width to 5.5m width is proposed along with

strengthening of 20% length of existing 7.0m wide roads, to cater to higher axle loads.

Comparative Position of State in Road Length Densities

28. The table given below shows that Uttar Pradesh lags far behind other states of the country in road

densities per 100 sq. km. area and per lakh of population:-

[ 207 ]


8/119

# State of India Road length in km.*

Per lakh of population Per 100 sq. km.

1 Arunachal Pradesh 1523 21.8

2 Nagaland 1271 122.7

3 Orissa 737.4 168.6

4 Goa 609.6 263.5

5 Mizoram 538.4 23

6 Kerala 462.1 381.7

7 Manipur 457.4 51.2

8 Himachal Pradesh 444.5 52.7

9 Maharashtra 422.3 124.1

10 Tripura 420.7 148.4

11 Meghalaya 380.3 40.7

12 Sikkim 370.2 26.1

13 Assam 329.9 109.4

14 Karnataka 294.4 79.2

15 Punjab 275.9 128.2

16 Rajasthan 266.3 41.2

17 Madhya Pradesh 258.6 46

18 Tamil Nadu 249.3 117.7

19 J.&K. 243.7 10.7

20 Andhra Pradesh 239 65.2

21 Delhi(U.T.) 203 1862

22 Gujrat 195.3 47.6

23 U.P. 169.8 96.7

24 Haryana 147.3 65.3

[ 208 ]


9/119

# State of India Road length in km.*

Per lakh of population Per 100 sq. km.

25 Bengal 101.2 89.3

26 Bihar 90.6 51.4

* This data corresponds to 31.3.99Among the 26 major states of the country UP stands at 23 rd and Eleventh position population and area wise

respectively.

Strategies and Recommendations of Eleventh Five Year Plan

Status of connectivity of habitations

29. At the advent of the Eleventh Plan, out of a total of 1,70,004 habitations of the State, only 1,20,444

habitations will be connected according to PMGSY standards i.e. connectivity either through painted or

BOE (Kharanja) roads. Thus, 49560 (29.15%) rural habitations are presently unconnected. However, it

must be remembered that it is proposed to connect only those habitations having population of more than

500 persons in the plains as per 2001 Census with all-weather roads under the PMGSY.

30. It is the endeavour of the State Government to connect all unconnected habitations of population more

than 500 and Ambedkar villages by the end of Eleventh Plan (i.e. by the year 2012). The connectivity of

habitations of population more than 500 will be done through PMGSY. 9230 (428+4253+2260+2289)

habitations of more than 500 population are not connected but out of this 4549 (2260+2289) have beensanctioned under PMGSY(Annexure-1(b)).

Up gradation of roads

31. Emphasis is laid on upgrading SH to NH and ODR & MDR to MDR and SH respectively to achieve

goals set in Vision 2021. Adequate outlay has been earmarked for the attainment of these goals during the

Eleventh Plan.

Construction of Major bridges

32. Many river bridges on state highways and important major district roads and other rural roads are in

distressed condition, which need to be reconstructed. There are some unabridged rivers and nalas, which

need new bridges. Therefore, to keep pace with the development process, construction of about 750 major

bridges will be required during the Eleventh Plan. This will require about Rs.2250.00 crore. However,

208 major bridges costing about 920.00 crore are expected to be completed during the Eleventh Plan

period. (Annexure-2)

Construction of Railway over bridges

[ 209 ]


10/119

33. Railway level crossings with high traffic intensity require construction of a large number of ROBs. To

keep pace with the increasing trend of traffic, about 100 ROBs will be required to be constructed during

the Eleventh Plan which will require about Rs.1500.00 crore. However, 34 ROBs costing about Rs.516.18

crore are proposed to be constructed during the Eleventh Plan period. (Annexure-3)

Private Sector Participation

34. In order to reduce burden on the Public Sector, Private Sector participation in road transport has

become a necessity. According to U.P. Road Development policy 1998 it has been decided to attract

private sector investment for construction of rail overhead / under bridges, bypasses and construction /

maintenance of roads in high density corridors. In the year 1999, guidelines have been framed to

encourage Private Sector participation in the road and bridge projects in the state on Build-Operate-

Transfer (B.O.T.) basis. U.P. State Bridge Corporation has been declared Nodal Agency for such BOT

projects. Projects are to be identified on the basis of Economic Internal Rate of Return (EIRR) and

Financial Internal Rate of Return (FIRR). The Government will carry out preparatory work for theprojects identified for private investment and meet the cost initially but the cost for detailed feasibility

study of the project and land for Right-of-way and en-route facilities will be added to the cost of the

project and the entrepreneur will have to pay it to the Government from the income from toll collection.

35. A major bridge over river Sone in Chopan has been constructed by U.P. State Bridge Corporation on

B.O.T. basis. No significant progress could be made towards private sector participation for construction

of roads & bridges in the State so far.

36. Viability study for the following projects has been carried out by M/s RITES, New Delhi:-

(a) Railway Overhead bridges/Under head bridges (Nos.) - 188(b) Road bypass (Nos.) -22

(c) River bridges (Nos.) - 4

Total 214

37. 90 Railway Overhead bridges whose FIRR (Financial Internal Rate of Return) is 20% or more have

been found viable and are estimated to cost about Rs.565 crore. Viability has been estimated at annual

interest rate of 15.5% -16%. Out of these 90 Railway Overhead bridges, 20 Railway overhead bridges lie

on National Highways. The remaining 70 ROBs, which lie on State Highways, are estimated to cost about

Rs.440 crore. In the first phase, 20 highly commercial and viable ROBs have been identified to be

constructed on BOT basis. M/s Feed Back has given its report on toll policy and legal framework, which

was submitted, to the Government for approval. In May 2005 the consultant gave a presentation in this

regard and the consultant has been asked to submit a revised report on toll policy etc.

38. A major step has also been taken towards boosting Private Sector participation in Road & Bridges

sector by constituting U.P. State Highway Authority for the development, maintenance and management

of State Highways. Executive board meeting chaired by Honorable Chief Minister has identified 9

important State Highways (total length 1174 km) for up gradation, and construction of 6 important ROBs

on BOT basis. As soon as the toll policy and toll rates are approved by the State Government, tenders will

[ 210 ]


11/119

be invited for construction of the ROBs. Necessary action is being taken for the appointment of

consultants for the required survey, project report preparation and bid documents preparation for taking up

the work of up gradation and maintenance of identified State Highways on BOT basis. The identified

State Highways and ROBs are as under: -

39. List of approved State Highways: -

` Name of Road Category of

Road

Length

(in Km.)

Estimated Cost

(Rs. in crore)

1- Delhi Baghpat Saharanpur Road SH-47 200.00 300.00

2- Kalpi Hamirpur Road SH-60 60.00 120.00

3- Bareilly Baheri Kitchcha Road SH-37 64.00 150.00

4- Sitapur Bilgram Hardoi Road SH-21 110.00 170.00

5- Lumbini Duddhi Road SH-5 100.00 150.00

6- Badaun Bahjoi Sambhal Gajraula

Bijnaur Road

SH-40 104.00 160.00

7- Bilhaur Rasulabad Bela Etawah Road SH-40 104.00 160.00

8- Bahraich Sultanpur Azamgarh Road SH-26 217.00 330.00

9- Raibareilly Sultanpur AzamgarhRoad

SH-34 215.00 330.00

40. List of approved ROBs:

# Name of Road Level

Crossing

No.

District FIRR

At Cost Cost-10% Cost+10%

1- State Highway No. 14

(Near Baghpat)

28 A Baghpat 22.15% 24.61% 20.04%


Near Raibareill

161 B Raibareilly 22.19% 24.68% 20.06%

3- State Highway No. 5 30 SPL Mirzapur 68.31% 74.15% 63.39%


(Near Mariyahu)

7 B Mirzapur 24.77% 27.41% 22.52%


(Near Bulandshahar)

13 A Bulandshahar 27.31% 30.12% 24.93%


(Near Bharatpur)

342 A Mathura 27.43% 42.74% 36.09%

[ 211 ]


12/119

Road Safety

41. The phenomenal increase in road traffic over the past decade and lack of matching increase in the road

network has resulted in serious capacity constraints. These constraints, in turn, have contributed not only

to the losses by way of increased vehicle operating costs but also acute traffic congestions, travel time

delay, poor level of service to the road users, discomfort and increased vulnerability to accident hazards.

42. Although the occurrence of accidents is a very complex phenomenon, yet road design also plays an

important contributory role. Improvement of geometric features of the road, improvement of crossings,

provision of road markings, signs, signals, delineators, provision of way side amenities, rail guards on high

bridge embankment etc. will help in reducing the road accidents in the high density road corridors. A

provision to this effect is presently being proposed on State Highways and important MDRs. Rs.1.50 crore

per district is proposed for the Eleventh Plan period i.e. Rs.105.00 crore.

Maintenance of Roads

43. For smooth flow of traffic on the roads, it is essential to continuously maintain the roads free of

potholes and patches, to renew the surface of the roads periodically and to rectify the major damages in

roads by special repair. The funds for maintenance of roads are provided through the State Budget. The

funds made available for maintenance of roads from the State Budget were not adequate, as the length of

roads to be maintained is enormous. Hence to mobilize additional resources, Govt. of U.P. created a

separate fund called State Road Fund by imposing additional Trade Tax on sale of diesel and petrol. For

the year 2002-03 an additional expenditure of Rs.156.70 crore was incurred under State Road Fund in

addition to an expenditure of Rs.222.17 crore under annual maintenance. Similarly for the year 2003-04

an additional expenditure of Rs.220.56 crore was incurred under State Road Fund in addition to an

expenditure of Rs.132.33 crore from annual maintenance. In the year 2004-05 an amount of Rs.479.40

crore was made available under State Road Fund and Rs.120.00 crore under Annual Repair and the

expenditure against these heads was Rs.414.87 crore and Rs.116.0 crore respectively.

44. During the year 2005-06 the funds made available under State Road Fund and Annual Maintenance

were Rs.526.67 crore and Rs.121.50 crore respectively against which special repair of 19902 kms and

renewal of 6254 kms was done. For the year 2006-07 an amount of Rs.600.00 crore from State Govt. and

a matching amount of Rs.600.00 crore from the Twelfth Finance Commission i.e. a total of Rs.1200.00

crore is expected against which 24225 kms are likely to be renewed. Considering this Rs.6900.00 crorewill be required during the Eleventh Plan period for maintenance of roads.

45. In the year 2003, State Government issued revised norms for the period of renewal of various

categories of roads vide G.O. No. 3728/23-1-2003-16 (Lkk0)/2003 dated 26.12.2003, whereby 1/4th length

of State Highways, 1/4th length of Major District Roads and 1/5th length of rural ODRs(1/4th length for

urban roads) was to be renewed every year or in other words the renewal cycle for SHs, MDRs, and ODRs

was fixed to be 4 years, 4 years and 5 years (4 years for urban areas) respectively. During the Eleventh

Plan renewal is proposed accordingly.

[ 212 ]


13/119

46. Roads are designed for standard axle load of 8160 kg. The vehicles that ply on the roads are

overloaded far beyond this standard axle load. This leads to rapid deterioration of the roads and in certain

cases immediate damage. The relevant agencies should be motivated to check this overloading in order to

help the roads to achieve their designed life cycle.

47. Abadi portions of the roads and in those reaches, which are prone to water logging need special

attention, as Black Top surface is not sustainable in water logged circumstances. It is therefore proposed

in this plan that these reaches should be provided with rigid pavement instead of flexible BT pavements.

48. The State Highways of the State need round the clock maintenance to keep them pot hole free and

riding worthy throughout the year. This however is not possible with the limited resources both in

manpower and machinery. Failure on this front leads to direct as well as indirect losses like increased fuel

consumption, increased pollution, delays, annoyance due to poor riding surface, reduction in the life of the

vehicles and accidents etc. It is therefore, necessary to launch some dedicated scheme to develop

specialized means like dedicated mobile units etc. to repair the potholes within 24 hours of their formation,

no matter howsoever remote the reach may be. A provision of Rs.70.0 crore per year is proposed in this

regard i.e. a total of Rs.350.0 crore for the Eleventh Plan over and above normal maintenance.

Computerization & Modernization

49. A computerized data bank will be established to implement the construction and maintenance works in

a planned manner. The data bank will have the details of every road, its width, type and thickness of its

crust, engineering properties of earth and sub grade, details of culverts, bridges and permanent land etc.

In addition to this traffic density in terms of commercial vehicles per day and passenger car units, details of

accidents and road geometrics will also be kept in the computerized data bank. Computerized

Management Information System will be developed at Divisional, Circle, Zonal Chief Engineers, Engineer-in-Chiefs and Government level. The Work of computerization of U.P. P.W.D. is under progress in a

systematized phased manner. Each and every office of P.W.D. is proposed to be computerized and

connected with each other. It is expected that a sum of Rs.50.00 crore shall be required for completion of

this work.

Research and Development

50. A certain degree of efficiency in construction is very essential for the development of reliable and

durable infrastructural facilities. To achieve standards of quality and definite procedures to ensure quality

are to be clearly enunciated. Thus the standards of quality in construction works will be the same asdetermined by the Indian Road Congress(IRC) and Bureau of Indian Standards. It is also essential to test

the quality of construction works from time to time to achieve the desired quality.

51. Hence in view of the large-scale construction schedule of roads and bridges in the coming years, the

research and development wings of the department have to be properly strengthened and expanded. Some

new equipment like road bump indicator, testing equipments and other miscellaneous T & P are also to be

arranged. For this purpose a sum of Rs.35.00 crore is being proposed. The possibilities of Research

[ 213 ]


14/119

Institute of PWD entering into a MOU with CRRI, New Delhi shall also be explored to work more

effectively to achieve the desired level of quality.

New Machines and T&P

52. The Road Development Policy formulated by the State Government in 1998 specifically states that,

Necessary amendments will be made in the existing rules by the Department to minimize dependence on

contract system. However it can not be enforced as most of the road construction equipments like road

rollers, loaders, mixal, hot mix plants, pavers, tractors, trucks, tippers etc. have become very old and need

replacement. To meet these requirements, an outlay of Rs. 75 crore is being proposed.

Human Resource Development

53. For the development of Human resources, in-service training programmes will be conducted to impart

training to Junior Engineers, Assistant Engineers and other Senior Officers according to the nature of theirwork and seniority, so that they are kept abreast of the latest construction technology and are able to

efficiently execute the construction works with the highest standards of quality and in accordance with the

financial rules for which provision has been made in Research and Development activities.

Special Features of Eleventh Plan over the Tenth Plan

54. Certain new features are proposed for inclusion in the strategy for Eleventh Plan in the roads sector.

These are as under:

(a) Development of the software for on line connectivity through LAN / internet.

(b) Mechanization of the maintenance system - introduction of mobile unit in each district

to make SH pothole free within 24 hours of pothole / patch occurrence.

(c) Improvement in Research & Development facilities and Quality Control Development.

(d) Human Resource development of all cadres.

(e) Different approach of providing rigid pavements in Abadi portions and in reaches

prone to water logging.

(f) Providing 3.75m wide standard single lane pavements for new construction of villageroads in place of 3.0m wide roads to cater to both up and down traffic

simultaneously, conversion of BSSL Rural Roads (incl. roads of other

Departments) to standard single lane and inclusion of defect liability period of 5

years in the contracts is being proposed.

(g) Provision of Bridges, ROBs and by passes for smooth flow of traffic on Dept./PPP

basis.

Proposals for Eleventh Plan

[ 214 ]


15/119

Up gradation of existing road network

55. As the State lags far behind in all category of roads i.e. SH, MDR, & ODR. Hence, up gradation of

existing category of roads to next higher category shall be done to achieve the relevant targets (Annexure

-4). The State Roads fulfilling the following criteria shall be upgraded to the relevant categories: -

Road

Classificatio

n

Minm

Length

(km)

PCU CVD Land width (meters)

Plains Mountainous

Region

Open Areas Built-up Areas Open

Areas

Built-up

Areas

Normal Range Normal Range Normal Normal

SH (Level-1) 200 10000 1500 45 30-60 30 30-60 24 20

SH 100 7000 450 45 30-60 30 30-60 24 20

MDR 40 2500 - 25 25-30 20 15-25 18 15ODR 15 - - 15 15-25 15 15-20 15 12

56. Year wise targets for up gradation are as under:-

(Km.)

# Category of Road 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Total

1 National Highway 490 490 490 490 490 2450

2 State Highway 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 6000

3 Major District Roads 2960 2960 2960 2960 2960 14800

Total 4650 4650 4650 4650 4650 23250

Strengthening and Widening of existing roads

57. All single lane and intermediate lanes of State highways to be widened to at least two lane standards

and strengthened along with improvement in the riding quality. All single lane and 5.50m wide roads i.e.

4177 km. are proposed to be widened and strengthened at an approx. cost of Rs.3174 crore. The category

of roads and their respective widths is given inAnnexure-5.

58. All existing single lane and intermediate lane MDRs to be improved, i.e. strengthened and widened to

at least two lane standards i.e. 6713 km. to be widened and strengthened at an approx. cost of Rs.5187

crore.

59. 20% existing single lane ODRs in high traffic density zone is to be improved, i.e. strengthened and

widened to intermediate lane standards according to traffic needs. It shall be achieved if 5170 km. is

widened and strengthened at an approx. cost of Rs.3052 crore. Likewise, 20% existing intermediate lane

ODRs to be improved, i.e. strengthened and widened to two lane standards according to traffic needs.

Towards this end, 403 km. of ODRs are proposed to be widened and strengthened at an approx. cost of

Rs.277 crore.

60. 30% existing double lane SHs to be improved by strengthening to cater higher traffic density. To

achieve this 1312 km. is to be widened and strengthened at an approx. cost of Rs.1079 crore. 20% existing

[ 215 ]


16/119

double lane MDRs to be improved by strengthening in high traffic density areas i.e. 126 km. to be widened

and strengthened at an approx. cost of Rs.104 crore. 20% existing double lane ODRs to be improved and

strengthened i.e. 263 km. to be widened and strengthened at an approx. cost of Rs.216 crore.

Four laning of roads

61. Out of these strengthened double lane SH/MDR/ODR, about 1788 km road length will be identified to

provide connectivity to the Golden Quadrilateral, East West Corridor, North South Corridor & Railway

Freight Corridor will be four-laned at an approx. cost of Rs.2699 crore. (Annexure-9)

Bridges & Over-bridges

62. Bridges shall be constructed on important highways in order to reduce distance and traveling time

between two cities and to facilitate easy flow of traffic. Missing Bridges across State highways to be

constructed (197 bridges at an approx. cost Rs.895 crore). Distressed bridges on State highways andimportant major district roads to be rehabilitated (6 bridges at an approx. cost of Rs.14 crore). Narrow

bridges on important state highways and major district roads to be widened (5 bridges at an approx. cost

Rs.11 crore).

63. Important Railway level crossing with traffic density above 1 lakh train vehicle units (TVU) to be

replaced by road over head bridges (34 ROBs at an approx. cost Rs.516 crore). Construction of flyovers in

important cities of the State is also proposed to be undertaken.District headquarters are proposed to be

provided bypasses at least for major traffic sectors or wherever major projects are coming up. An outlay of

Rs.50.00 crore is proposed.

Road Safety

64. Traffic safety measures e.g. improvement of road geometrics, construction of subways etc. at an

approximate cost of Rs.105 crore.

Public-Private-Partnership (PPP)

65. Private sector participation - Construction of overhead bridges, river bridges, bypasses and

expressways to be taken up under BOT. Six ROBs and 285 km. of economically viable roads are proposed

to be undertaken under PPP / BOT. (Annexure-10). In addition to this construction of Expressways is also

required, in order to facilitate fast vehicular traffic and reduce traveling time. Construction of such

expressways will be explored on the basis of BOT. State Government would explore the possibility of

constructing another expressway between Kanpur and Lucknow as a PPP project.

Maintenance of Road Network

66. Maintenance of existing road network - ensuring proper level of service for road users. Priority should

be to consolidate the existing network along with new addition. To achieve this, on going works should get

[ 216 ]


17/119

high priority so as to reap maximum benefit at the earliest. To keep the existing infrastructure in good

condition, it is considered necessary to include Annual Repair Works of SH & MDRs in the Plan works.

Rural Roads

67. The existing Rural roads will be widened to standard single lane width of 3.75m along with

strengthening. The roads constructed by other departments have not been maintained by them and as a

result these roads have deteriorated fully. At present 143678 km roads are with other departments. Out of

this nearly 16% roads are with painted surface. These roads require special repair and immediate

maintenance. As per U.P. Road Development Policy 1998, all the roads including roads constructed by

other departments also are to be maintained by U.P. P.W.D. Hence, these roads will also be included in

the above programme provided these roads are handed over to PWD for maintenance purpose. 15000 km

of rural roads are proposed to be taken up during the Eleventh Plan at an approximate cost of Rs.2846.91

crore.

Roadside Plantation

68. The need for roadside plantation on rural roads has been emphasized time and again, but any attempt

in this direction without proper provision / enforcement for land acquisition will only be a futile exercise.

Specific provision should be made in the estimates for road construction projects for road side forestation /

tree plantation and the amount earmarked for the purpose be made available to the Forest Department by

the concerned department (PWD or any other department) and Forest Department should be made

responsible for the maintenance.

Roadside Amenities

69. Provision for passenger shelters should, compulsorily be made by the organization making rural and

district roads while planning for the roads passing through Gram Panchayats, Tehsil and Town areas. The

organization building / upgrading of National and State Highways should include D curve with passenger

shelters on the Roads passing through cities, towns, town areas to avoid traffic congestions and allow

smooth running of the traffic. Trauma centers should also be planned at every hundred kilometre of road

length and telephone booths at every fifty kilometre on SH and MDRs.

Bypasses / Ring Roads

70. Construction of bypasses on SHs, MDRs where traffic has to pass through congested towns is also

essential. Such bypasses will be identified in the Eleventh Plan on the basis of preliminary surveys and

they will be constructed in a phased manner. Major towns having a population of more than 1 million,

need Ring Roads around them for better movement of traffic. Ring roads will be constructed in

consultation with the Housing Department and priority will be given to those towns where Local Bodies

will be willing to contribute 25% of the cost of the project. An amount of Rs.50 crore is being proposed

for the purpose.

[ 217 ]


18/119

Computerized Monitoring System

71. It is evident that the task of connectivity and development of road network is gigantic and the

resources are limited. This cannot be achieved without preparing a comprehensive, planned phase wise

construction programme. For this it is necessary that special cell under a Chief Engineer should be

established for developing a computerized data bank of all the villages, habitations and road inventory

including traffic density details etc. of the state on the basis of actual survey as mentioned earlier in the

foregoing chapter. All the sanctions related to connectivity, construction or up gradation of SHs, MDRs,

ODRs etc. on the basis of pre-established priority on the basis of single connectivity/traffic density and

other parameters etc. should be routed through this data bank.

Manpower Management

72. Manpower management- To construct and maintain better roads, manpower is very essential.

Workload has been categorized by G.O. No. 1176 EG/23-5-05-25 EG/2005 Dated 14.7.2005 for differentdivisions. According to this G.O., the workload of civil construction divisions has been fixed at Rs.12.00

crore per annum for the period up to 2009-10. Taking Plan outlay of about Rs.5000 crore per annum and

workload of Rs.12 core, 425 divisions are required. For this the required strength of Engineering

/Technical staff is much above the available staff with the department, which is shown inAnnexure-6. The

average age of engineering staff is around 42 years. For the last 10 years no substantial fresh recruitment

has been done at JE and AE level. This aspect needs immediate redressal. Otherwise, along with the

shortage of the Engineering /Technical staff, the average age will also increase further in the coming years

and it will be difficult to transform the road sector in the State which is critical to the attainment of 10

percent economic growth rate during the Eleventh Plan.

ENERGY

Power Sector

73. Electricity is one of the key requirement for achieving economic, industrial, agriculture & social

development of the state. It plays an important role in improving the living standard of the people.

Therefore, increase in the supply of electricity and strengthening and augmentation of transmission and

distribution system has been a priority in the Tenth Plan and needs to be accorded priority in the EleventhPlan too.

74. Although the first power station in Uttar Pradesh was a Hydro station established in Galogi

(Mussoorie) district Dehradoon in the year 1906, the growth of the electrical infrastructure in the state has

been slow during pre-independence period and the thrust was mainly on providing electricity to the urban

areas. The planned growth in power sector commenced with the introduction of first five year plan in 1951.

[ 218 ]


19/119

75. After formation of erstwhile UPSEB in April 1959, thermal projects were also taken up in a big way.

Commensurate Transmission and Distribution works were also started simultaneously. Growth of power

sector in the State in the last 55 years is depicted in the following tables.

Transmission & Distribution lines (Circuit Km.)

As on 800KV 400KV 220KV 132KV 66KV 33KV 11KV L.T.31.3.51 - - - - 473 1426 6620 820

31.3.07 409 4163 6820 10578 3139 30226 214216 240595

Transmission & Distribution Sub-stations (No. / MVA)

As on 800KV 400KV 220KV 132KV 66&33KV

31.03.19

51

- - - - NA

31.03.20

06

- 14 / 7930 48 / 12570 213 / 15755 1905 / 16277

Generating CapacityAs on Installed Capacity in MW

Thermal Hydel

31.03.1951 161 26

31.03.2007 3987 522.5

Demand and supply position of Electricity in the State

76. During the Tenth Plan, the demand for electricity and its availability is as given in the following table:Year Demand in MU Peak demand(MW)

As per EPS Availability As per EPS Availability

2002-03 48304 36459 7741 5100

2003-04 51778 41007 8307 5405

2004-05 55513 42783 8916 5913

2005-06 59493 45732 9563 6213

2006-07 63723 50922 10245 8000

77. Per Capita consumption of electricity is treated as a strong indicator of development of a society. As

per CEA report, per capita consumption in Uttar Pradesh during 2004-05 was 202.3 Kwh against all India

average of 411.04 Kwh, which indicates that availability of electric energy in the State is very low.

Keeping in view this imbalance, an ambitious programme of increasing generation and system

augmentation has been made for Eleventh Plan.

U.P. Power Sector Restructuring and Reforms

78. Uttar Pradesh is one of the first few states to embark on reform in electricity sector. The reform

process started in the year 1998 with the formation of independent Electricity Regulatory Commission in

[ 219 ]


20/119

September 1998 under Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998 of Government of India. The main

objectives and highlights of aims and working of UPPERC are as under:

(a) To create a regulatory environment that would promote transparency, efficiency and

economy in the operations and management of power utilities.

(b) To encourage competition and attract private investment for the development of powersector while appropriately safeguarding the interest of consumers.

(c) Co-Gen policy: For sale / purchase of power from captive / Co-Gen plant, the

commission has framed Regulation as "UPREC (Terms & Conditions for supply of

Power & fixation of Tariff for sale of power from Captive Generating plants, Co-

generation, Renewable Sources of energy & other non Conventional Sources of

Energy & other non Conventional Sources of Energy Based Plant to a Distribution

Licensee) Regulation, 2005.

(d) Line Loss assessment: To have an independent assessment of the factual position of

line losses, UPERC is conducting a loss study in all Four Discoms as per guidelinesof national Tariff Policy & National Electricity Policy. Efforts are made to reduce

the line losses at each level.

79. For better accountability the erstwhile U.P. State Electricity Board was divided into three corporations

namely U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (UPRVUNL), U.P. Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (UPJVNL) and

U.P. Power Corporation Ltd.(UPPCL) w.e.f. 14.1.2000.

80. In distribution segment, Kanpur Electricity Supply Company (KESCO) was created to look after the

distribution in Kanpur city. The following distribution companies were also formed by Government of

Uttar Pradesh on 12.8.2003:

(a) Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. for Meerut, Saharanpur and Moradabad

distribution zones.

(b) Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. for Bareilly, Lucknow, LESA and Faizabad

distribution zones.

(c) Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. for Agra, Kanpur and Jhansi distribution

zones.

(d) Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. for Allahabad, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and

Azamgarh distribution zones.

The UPERC has also approved "U.P. Electricity Supply Code-2005" (Distribution Code).

81. A separate Transmission Company has also been created in the State to cater to transmission business.

Further, input based franchisee scheme has been started in the villages under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin

Vidyutikaran Yojana.

Important steps taken during Tenth Plan

82. Some of the major steps taken during Tenth Plan in the State are as under:

[ 220 ]


21/119

(a) In 2003 GoUP declared the new Power policy with a host of objectives in mind. The

first and foremost was to involve private sector in all segments of power sector.

The policy announced major fiscal concessions to new entrepreneurs. The policy

also announced 100% electrification of villages, use of bio- mass for energy

generation and tap all renewable energy sources...

(b) The policy has started bearing fruits. Reliance Energy has taken up a gas based project

of 7640 MW at Dadri District Ghaziabad. Anpara C of 1000 M.W. capacity has

been awarded on competitive bidding basis. This is Indias first project which has

been awarded on Competitive Bidding Guidelines.

(c) The revised Power Purchase Agreement and Revised Implementation Agreement

relating to Thermal Generating station at Rosa (2x600 MW )and Hydro Electric

Project at Sri Nagar (3x110 MW ) have been executed and the work on both these

projects has started.

(d) Major steps have been taken to reduce line losses and improve collection efficiency,electromechanical meters have been replaced with electronic meters. Accelerated

Power Development and Reform Programme (APDRP) is being implemented in

various towns of Uttar Pradesh . Table of APDRP programme is given separately.

(e) U.P. Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) established in September 1999.

Tariff order for Financial Year 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05

have been issued by UPERC.

(f) Under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana has been started in the year 2005

and electrification of 100% villages is in progress. Uttar Pradesh has electrified

highest number of villages under this scheme.(g) Energy accounting system has been introduced and made effective to curb theft and

losses.

(h) Renovation and modernization of thermal Power Plants have been taken up in order to

improve generation PLF of thermal plants. Similarly the R&M of Hydro Power

plants has also been taken up and would be completed before the end of Eleventh

Five Year Plan.

(i) For implementation of Reforms activities World Bank Loan No. IN 4545 amounting to

US $ 150 million was sanctioned whose details are given separately.

Impact of Restructuring and Reforms

83. The study of various works executed financed by World Bank was carried out in March 2005. The

study revealed the following benefits:

(a) Installation of capacitors brought improvement in voltage.

(b) Addition of transformer capacity has resulted in reduction of tripping cases due to over

loading.

[ 221 ]


22/119

(c) Construction of new transmission lines has resulted in reduction of transmission losses

and over loading of lines.

(d) Installation of new distribution transformers has resulted in reduction in transformer

damage rate which improved reliability of supply.

Growth in Power sector during Tenth Plan

Thermal Generation

84. The demand for electricity is increasing continuously. Due to increasing gap in the demand and

availability of electricity, the productivity of agricultural, industrial and other fields is being adversely

affected. For improvement in availability of power, U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam has prepared

proposals for renovation and modernization of old generating stations and extension of its existing Power

Stations.

(a) At present the installed capacity of Thermal Generating Station is 3987 MW. One unit

of 210 MW at Parichha power station has been commissioned but has not started

commercial production and has therefore not been included in installed capacity.

(b) Out of 4 Nos. sanctioned R&M schemes of Anpara, Panki and Parichha under

Accelerated Power Development Programme of G.O.I., the R&M schemes of

Anpara A TPS costing Rs.26.10 crore and Pager scheme of Parichha costing

Rs.8.02 crore and R&M scheme of Parichha TPS costing Rs.32.80 crore have

already been completed on 31-03-2004, 31-03-2006 and 30-6-2006 respectively.

In case of Anpara R&M scheme, the expected improvement in P.L.F. to the value

of 75% has been achieved and in case of Panki & Parichha R&M scheme, the

improvement in P.L.F. to the level of 55% & 60% respectively has been achieved.

(c) Work in R&M schemes costing Rs.55.34 crore of Unit no. 5 & 7 of Harduaganj TPS is

under progress. This scheme has been sanctioned under Accelerated Generation

and Supply Programme of G.O.I. The total expenditure incurred on the scheme is

Rs.44.54 crore. Work on unit no.7 (110 MW) has been completed and the work on

unit No.5 (60 MW) is expected to be completed by 31.05.07 and after completion

of this scheme, unit no. 5 is expected to be re-commissioned. After commissioning

of unit no. 5 (60 MW), the average PLF is expected to be 53%.

(d) Work on R&M schemes for the units of Anpara A TPS (3x210 MW) costing Rs.68.96

crore is under progress. Loan agreement with PFC amounting to Rs.55.17 crore has

been signed. Balance amount of Rs.13.79 crore has been received from U.P.

Government The scheme is proposed to be completed by Sept 30, 2007 and after

completion of the scheme, PLF of refurbished units is expected to reach up to

75%.

(e) R&M scheme for unit no.6 (100 MW) of Obra TPS, costing Rs.52.47 crore is under

progress. PFC have sanctioned loan of Rs.42.00 crore and loan agreement has been

[ 222 ]


23/119

signed. Scheme is proposed to be completed by 31-12-2007 and after completion

of this scheme, PLF of unit is expected to improve from 34.69% to 60%.

Available Generation Capacity at the end of Tenth Five Year Plan:

Thermal Power

85. Uttar Pradesh has the following installed capacity available to it from its own generating stations, IPPs

and Central Sector projects:-

Source/Power Station Capacity (MW) UP's Share (MW)

UPRVUNL 3987 3987

UPJVNL 522 522

NTPC 11683 3145

NHPC 2774 500

Natpha Jhakri 1500 221

NPCIL(Nuclear) 840 204Tehri Hydro 1000 374

Vishnu Prayag 400 352

TOTAL 22706 9305

Hydro Generation

86. Hydro Power Generation capacity in Uttar Pradesh is very low as most of the hydro plants were

located in Uttarakhand and all these plants with installed capacity of around 1000 MW have been

transferred to Uttarakhand.

87. During Tenth Plan, UP Jal Vidyut Nigam had proposed 4 Small Hydro Power Projects, of 12 MW

capacity but all these Small Hydro Projects were assessed to be non-profitable by PIB of the State

Government and therefore were shelved. Maneri Bhali Stage-II (304 MW) and Lakhwar Vyasi (420 MW)

proposed under Tenth Plan, being located in Uttaranchal, now fall under the jurisdiction of Government of

Uttaranchal. Sheetla Small Hydro Power Project (3.6 MW) on Betwa Canal in Distt. Jhansi proposed under

Tenth Five Year Plan has commenced generation.

88. Renovation and modernization work on old Hydro Electric Power Stations Rihand (300 MW), Obra

(99 MW), Matatila (30 MW) and Upper Ganga Canal SHPs-Nirgajini (5 MW), Chittaura (3 MW), Salawa

(3 MW), Bhola (2.7 MW) is under progress and is proposed to be completed during Eleventh Five Year

Plan.

Other Sources of Generation

89. In the private sector Vishnu Prayag Hydro Project has been completed and commissioned by Jai

Prakash Power Ventures Ltd. After deducting 12% free power to Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh is getting 352

MW power from this project. Revised PPA for 330 MW Srinagar Hydro Project has been signed with

Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Ltd (GVK Group).Work on this project has started. Revised PPA for

Rosa power Station has also been signed for installation of Roja Thermal Power Station. Earlier this power

[ 223 ]


24/119

station was planned with 600 MW capacity but now the project has been taken over by Reliance Energy

group and the capacity of the project has been enhanced to 1200 MW.

90. For the construction of 3740 MW gas based combined cycle power station at Dadri, State support

agreement has been signed and land has also been made available to developer .The project is held up due

to gas supply agreement not being cleared by Ministry of Petroleum Government of India.

91. In joint sector 1000 MW Tehri Hydro project has been completed in which U.Ps Investment is 25%

and share in power is 374 MW.

Co-generation

92. During Tenth Plan, 150 MW capacity has been added in the state by sugar industries. At present 296

MW is available from co-generators and further capacity of 576 MW is proposed.

Transmission system

93. During Tenth Plan period, achievement in transmission is as under:-

# Particular Unit Achievement Tenth Plan

1 Transmission Sub-station400 KV No/MVA 4/2520

220 KV No/MVA 11/2320

132 KV No/MVA 28/2182

2 Transmission Line

400 KV Ckt Km. 721

220 KV Ckt Km. 817

132 KV Ckt Km. 965

Distribution System

94. Year wise target and achievements of distribution works during Tenth Plan are outlined in the Table

below:

[ 224 ]


25/119

Item /

Works

Unit Tenth

Plan

Target

Annual Plan

2002-03

Annual Plan

2003-04

Annual Plan

2004-05

Annual Plan

2005-06

2006-07

Achievement

Target

Ach.

Target

Ach.

Target

Ach.

Target

Ach.

Target

Ach.

A

.

33 KV

Works

1. 33 KV

Lines

Ckt.

Km.

2330 360 585 500 355 500 369 500 520 500 675

2. New 33

KV

Nos. 385 60 50 85 40 80 29 80 48 80 130

S/S MVA 1975 300 265 425 263 450 154 400 247 450 756

3. Augmentati

on

Nos. 630 100 98 140 95 140 93 125 68 120 200

MVA 1930 300 339 430 319 450 322 380 262 400 767

B 11KV

Works1 11KV lines CKt. Km 5950 1200 2499 1200 800 1225 6482 1200 3548 2500 4575

2 New 11KV

S/s

Nos. 4095 750 4004 775 683 870 5267 850 6242 1000 3686

MVA 465 90 162 90 76 95 211 95 236 100 249

3 Augmentati

on

Nos. 5165 900 1120 1055 626 1100 599 1070 670 1000 1698

MVA 620 100 100 115 153 125 112 120 90 150 193

C LT Lines Ckt.

Km.

2620 900 1593 445 438 450 1596 425 1216 300 1128

D Installation

of 11KV

capacitors

MVAR 403 70 7 85 26 240 2 83 160 83

Village Electrification

95. During the Tenth Plan, the target of village electrification was 42184 villages against which 11984

villages have been electrified by end of March 2006. Under the definition of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin

Vidyutikaran Yojana, 28830 village were identified as un-electrified in 2005 and proposed for

electrification by the end of Tenth Plan.

Target & Achievement of RE works during Tenth Plan

# Description X

Plan

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Ach.Target Ach. Target Ach. Target Ach. Target Ach.

1 Electrification of

villages by LT

mains (HVDS)

42184 3371 1780 3371 384 6000 2128 6000 7692 16625

[ 225 ]


26/119

2 Electrification of

Anusuchit Jati

Basties

42184 3371 1839 3371 428 6000 2440 6000 7720 16777

3 Energisation of

PTW

50000 11718 12911 10000 6309 10000 6820 6000 12827 30002

96. Out of 42276 villages electrified in the entire country during Tenth Plan, 24123 villages (57.60%)

were electrified in Uttar Pradesh alone which is highest in the country.

RGGVY 2005-06 2006-07 Total

U.P. 7498 16625 24123

All India 42276

APDRP

97. In the Tenth Plan the provision of Rs.1512.20 crore was made for improvement of distribution system

in Urban areas under the scheme of Government of India called APDRP. During the Tenth Plan period,

only 36 schemes amounting to Rs.1091 crore for 29 District of U.P. have been sanctioned by the

Government of India. Initially 50 % was to be financed by Government of India but later on it was revised

and reduced to 25% only. Till 31st March 2007, Rs.293 crore was sanctioned by Government of India, the

remaining amount of admissible assistance would be utilized in 2007-08. A sample study of AT&C losses

revealed that the implementation of the scheme has resulted in reduction of losses varying from 8 % and to

1.5%.

World Bank Financing

98. The strengthening of sub transmission and distribution projects has been implemented with the

assistance provided by World Bank. The following schemes were financed under the World Bank loan No.

IN 4545 for an amount of US $ 150 million:

(a) Scheme for installation of electronic meters (Distribution) Rs.255 crore has been

financed by World Bank against sanctioned cost of Rs.328 crore.

(b) Scheme for System Improvement of LESA (Distribution) and Schemes for Distribution

System Improvement Rs.175 crore has been financed by World Bank againstsanctioned cost of Rs.259 crore.

(c) Scheme for strengthening of Transmission System Rs.214 crore has been financed by

World Bank against sanctioned cost of Rs.291 crore.

(d) Schemes for installation of Boundary Meters (Transmission) Rs.23 crore has been

financed by World Bank against sanctioned cost of Rs.28 crore.

[ 226 ]


27/119

(e) Scheme for Consultancy and other works Rs.44 crore has been financed by World

Bank against sanctioned cost of Rs.44 crore.

(f) Voluntary Retirement Scheme (Officials) Rs.25 crore has been financed by World

Bank against sanctioned cost of Rs.25 crore.

99. Against the total sanctioned cost of Rs.975 crore, Rs.736 crore was proposed to be financed by World

Bank and Rs.239 crore by the Corporation / Govt. of U.P.

100. The financial and physical progress of the aforesaid World Bank financed schemes are as under:

A. Financial Progress

# Work Rs. in Crore

A Transmission 259.832

B Distribution

(i) Meter

(ii) LESA Work

(iii) 33/11 KV and other L.T. Works

561.751

(293.7733

114.6044

153.3733)

C Consultancy and others 38.3625

Total 859.9455

101. Against 150 Million US$ World Bank Loan, 145.3778 Million US$ (96.92%) has been utilized.

The World Bank has rated the project performance as satisfactory in their completion report.

B. Physical Progress

Transmission Work

A. 2 nos. 315 MVA transformers have been commissioned at 400 KV Substation, Muzaffarnagar

and 18.73 Km LILO of 400 KV Rishikesh Muradnagar line at Muzaffarnagar S/s has beenenergised. 220 KV, New sub-stations of Shatabdi Nagar (Meerut) 2x (100+40) MVA, Allahabad

Cantt (2x100) MVA, Hardoi Road, Lucknow 2x(100+20) MVA and Deoria (1x100) MVA have

been energised.

B. 132 KV sub-stations of Martine Purva, Lucknow (2x40) MVA and Khurram Nagar, Lucknow

(2x20) MVA have been energised. Capacity augmentations from 20 to 40 MVA of total 10 nos.

sub-stations of 132 KV of Gajraula, Sardhana, Raja-Ka-Talab, Nirpura, Azamgarh, Siyana,

Atrauli, Mazra, Azadnagar and Deoband have been done. Besides, capacity augmentations, by

adding second 20 MVA Transformers, have also been done of the 132 KV sub-stations of Kerakat,

[ 227 ]


28/119

Handia, Gopiganj, Chhibramau, Mohammdabad, Sirathu, Khatuali, Dalmau, Ghatampur and

Shamli.

Distribution Work

(a) 30 nos. Capacitor banks of 10 MVAR capacity have been installed for voltageimprovement at 33 KV level. 14,50,500 electronic energy meters have been

installed for proper metering of the electric power. Total 1270 electronic boundary

meters have been installed.

(b) 375 250 KVA and 891 100 KVA distribution transformers have been installed in other

areas of the State besides Lucknow. 48 / 8 / 32 / 1 nos. 33 / 11 KV transformers of

10 / 8 / 5 / 3 MVA respectively have also been installed. 1000 Km lines of 33 KV

& 11 KV have been constructed for improvement in the distribution network.

(c) 12/12/4/13 nos. 33/11 KV capacity transformers of 15/10/8/5 MVA respectively have

been installed to improve the distribution system in Lucknow city (LESA) also.Work of underground LT cable laying of 47 Km of 33 KV, 70 Km of 11 KV and

525 Km have been completed. 636 nos. 11/0.4 KV transformers of different

capacities have been installed in Lucknow town.

Other Activities

102. Some of the major other works carried out during Tenth Plan are as under:

(a) More than 25 lakh mechanical meters replaced by electronic meters.

(b) Meters installed on all the 11 KV Feeders.

(c) Installation of meters on Distribution Transformers in Urban Area started.

(d) Double metering of Heavy Power consumers, Ice factories and Cold storage started.

(e) Automated Meter Reading of industrial consumers started as Pilot project.

(f) Franchising of work of Meter reading, Bill distribution and Revenue collection in few

districts as pilot project

(g) AT&C Losses from 52.92 % in 2001-02 brought down to 43% in 2005 -06 and further

reduction of 4% during 2006-07.

103. Due to increase in electricity demand under various categories in the state, it has not been possibleto keep pace with the rapid growth in demand primarily due to resource constraints. Therefore, there is an

urgent need to augment generation capacity to keep pace with the industrial growth and increasing demand

of the State in the coming decades.

A. Financial

[ 228 ]


29/119

104. The details of Tenth Plan outlay and Year-wise releases up to March 2006 and tentative

expenditure up to 2006-07 is shown in Table -1. In the Tenth Plan, an outlay of Rs.9082.49 crore was

agreed against which an expenditure of Rs. 5724.18 crore was incurred under the Sector.

105. The Internal Resource position was as under:-

(Rs.in crore)

# Name of

Company

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04

Actual

2004-05 Pre

Actual

2005-06

(Provisinal)

2006-07

Revised

1 UPPCL -2614.71 -1724.39 221.549 447.32 (58.39) (933.63) 34.97

2 UPRVUNL -387.36 -297.61 -309.271 (371.68) (291.74) (414.06) 9.45

3 UPJVNL -50.71 -35.42 2.140 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total -3054.78 -1986.58 -85.582 75.65 (350.13) (1347.69) 44.42

106. The cost of generation / power purchase per kw / h from the various sectors in the past three years

has been as under :-

# Name of the Sector Cost (Rs. Per Unit)

2003-042004-

05 2005-06

2006-07

1 Central Sector (including UI)1.57

1.99 2.39 2.25

2 State Sector 1.51

1.73 1.71 1.77

3 Co-gen2.66

2.81 2.74 2.91

4 Bilateral Purchase-

3.04 3.10 4.81

5 IPP-

- - 2.55

6 Average Rate1.55

1.88 2.13 2.11

107. The average tariff in the above three years approved by SERC for different categories was as

under: -

#Major Consumer Category

Tariff (Rs. per Unit)

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06& 2006-07

1Domestic

1.91 2.16 1.99

2Commercial

3.15 3.08 3.54

3PTW

1.03 1.02 1.14

4Small & Medium

4.57 4.49 4.32

[ 229 ]


30/119

5Large & Heavy

4.35 4.40 4.48

6Railways

4.51 4.36 3.93

7STW

2.20 2.25 2.44

8Public Institutions

3.71 3.70 3.51

108. The energy sector still needs major reforms all over the country and U.P. is not an exception. We

still need to improve our plant load factor, check on theft of electricity, reduction of T&D losses, consumer

identification through GIS, proper billing and consumer services, which includes quantitative and reliable

power supply & fulfillment of quantitative requirement.

Bottlenecks in meeting the Energy requirement

109. The main reasons for shortfall in supply of electricity is that, in the last 12 years no power plant

has been established in the State Sector, whereas the demand in general and for rural areas in particular is

increasing day by day. One of the major factors contributing to the shortage of electricity in the State is

irrational allocation of power from Central Generating Stations. U.P. is the biggest State of country in

terms of area, population and revenue, but the allocation from Central Sector is not based on these

parameters.

The Eleventh Plan (2007-12)

110. Energy Demand & Supply

111. Load forecasting is a critical element of electric power utility planning. The purpose of energy

demand forecasting is to estimate the likely future demand to serve as the basis for supply planning. After

the creation of DISCOMS, need for a DISCOM wise and consumer category wise sale forecast was felt.

The need for geographically disaggregated load forecast for the State was also felt for effective

transmission planning. As such UPPCL developed its own load forecast model which could be updated on

an annual basis or whenever the need arose. The forecast methodology uses a combination of time series

method, econometric method, end-use method, input-output models etc. for making forecast for different

consumer categories. The previous two tariff filings of UPPCL and the DISCOMs have been based on

UPPCLs own forecast. In this context for the purpose of Eleventh Five Year Plan of UP (2007-12), the

peak demand and the energy availability requirements for the State, UPPCLs own forecast has been used.

112. The anticipated Power demand for Eleventh Five Year Plan in terms of energy and peak demand

has been assessed as under:

Forecast for Eleventh Plan Period

Financial Year Annual Energy Availability (MU) Annual Peak Demand (MW)

2008 51900 8971

2009 53714 10017

[ 230 ]


31/119

2010 58238 11188

2011 68433 12495

2012 81778 13947

113. In order to meet the above peak demand, we need to add generation capacity. It may be noted that

if quality power becomes available, demand for power in the State could grow exponentially and theaforesaid forecast may turn out to be gross underestimates. Hence, there is urgent need to make heavy

investment in power generation and distribution in the State. Following plan has been made for generation

augmentation.

Thermal Generation

STATE SECTOR

#

Name of Project &

Location

Capacity

(in MW )

Likely Date of

Commissioning

Benefits in

Tenth Plan

(Capacity

Addition ) MW

Benefits in

Eleventh Plan

(Capacity

Addition ) MW

A STATE SECTOR

1. Harduaganj Extn.,

Aligarh

2x250 I- Unit-10/2009

II-Unit 2/2010

-- 500

2. Parichha Extn.Stage-

II. Jhansi.

2x250 I-Unit 7/2009

II-Unit 11/2009

-- 500

3. Anpara D

Sonebhadra.

2x500 I-Unit 7/2010

II-Unit 1/2011

-- 1000

4. Obra Extn.

Sonebhadra.

2x500 2011-13 1000

5. Parichha Extn. Stage-

I ,TPS

2x210 Commissioned 210 210

6. AnparaE,TPS 2x800 2012-16 -- 1600

7. Mata Tila TPS,Jhansi 2x500 2012-16 -- 1000

8. Others 2x500+

1x500

2012-16 -- 1500

9. Panki TPS,Kanpur 1x250 2012-16 -- 250

10 Obra TPS,Sonebhada 1x500 2012-16 -- 500Total 8060

114. The present status of projects under execution and proposed new projects are as under:

1. 2x250 MW Harduaganj Extn. Thermal Power Project (Coal based)

(h) It is proposed to install 2x250 MW Coal based Units at Harduaganj Thermal

Power Project. Technical feasibility of project has already been completed. Detail

project reports have been received from M/s Mantech Pvt. Ltd., EIA study work

have also been completed by M/s BHEL.

[ 231 ]


32/119

(i) Government of Uttar Pradesh have decided to place the order of main equipment

i.e. BTG work to M/s BHEL through negotiation. After negotiation and approval

of State Government, LOI has been placed to M/s BHEL for Rs.1224.00 crore for

Boiler, Turbine, Generator along with their civil works. For these works,

Rs.160.20 crore have been released to M/s BHEL as 15% advance money on

07.09.2006 and thereafter Zero date of project have also been decided as

07.09.2006. Total Cost of the Project is Rs.1900.00 crore. 70% of this project cost

amounting to Rs.1330.00 crore has been sanctioned by PFC. The remaining 30%

amounting to Rs.570.00 crore will be provided by U.P. Government as equity.

Moreover PFC has also given Rs.60.20 crore as advance against this Loan and

U.P. Government has also given Rs.100.00 crore during 2006-07. The remaining

Rs.470.00 crore will be provided during the Eleventh Plan. Coal linkage has

already been allotted by M/s CCL. Water is already available for the project.

Clearances have already been received from U.P.P.C.B. and NOC has also been

obtained from India Air Port Authority for chimney.

(j) First Unit is scheduled to be commissioned in 37 months from zero date and 2nd

unit is scheduled to be commissioned in 41 months from zero date. After the

commissioning of both the units of this project, U.P. Government shall get 3504

MU energy at 80% PLF per year.

2. 2x250 MW Parichha Extn. Thermal Power Project (Coal based)

(k) It is proposed to install 2x250 MW Coal based Project Parichha Thermal Power

Project. Technical feasibility of project has already been completed. Detail project

reports have been received from M/s Desein Pvt. Ltd., New-Delhi. EIA study

works have also been completed by M/s BHEL.

(l) State Government has decided to place order of main equipment i.e. BTG work to M/s

BHEL through negotiation. After negotiation and approval of U.P. Government,

LOI has been placed to M/s BHEL for Rs.1224.00 crore for Boiler, Turbine,

Generator along with their civil works. For these works Rs.160.20 crore have been

released to M/s BHEL as 15% advance money on 04.08.2006 and thereafter Zero

date of project have also been decided as 04.08.2006. Total Cost of the Project is

Rs.1900.00 crore. 70% of this project Cost amounting to Rs.1330.00 crore have

been sanctioned by PFC. The balance 30% amounting to Rs.570.00 crore will be

provided by U.P. Government as equity. Moreover PFC has also given Rs.60.20

crore as advance against this Loan and U.P. Government has also given Rs.100.00

crore during 2006-07. The remaining Rs.470.00 crore will be provided during the

Eleventh Plan. Coal linkage has already been allotted by M/s BCCL. The clearance

have already been received from U.P.P.C.B. and NOC has also been obtained from

India Air Port Authority for chimney .

(m) First Unit is scheduled to be commissioned in 35 months from zero date and 2nd unit is

scheduled to be commissioned in 39 months from zero date. After the

[ 232 ]


33/119

commissioning of both the units of this project, the state shall get 3504 MU energy

at 80% PLF per year.

3. 2x500 MW Anpara D Thermal Power Project

(n) 2x500 MW Anpara D (Coal based) Thermal Power Project is proposed to install

2x500MW coal based units at Anpara power station. This project is proposed to beestablished under state sector by UPRVUNL.

(o) With an aim to install the units at the earliest the work of Boiler, Turbine & Generator

including station C & I and related civil works may be awarded to M/s BHEL

through negotiation & balance of plant work may be decided through open tender.

BHEL was requested to submit their offer for BTG & related civil works. BHEL

submitted their scope for BTG & civil works which has been finalized & BHEL

shall submit their offer after finalization of technical parameters.

(p) Work for conducting environmental impact studies of these units has been placed on

M/S Pollution Control Research Institute, unit of M/S B H E L, Haridwar. FinalRapid EIA report received from M/s BHEL and application has been lodged with

U.P. Pollution Control Board for NOC. Water required for this project is proposed

to be taken from Rihand Reservoir. The site of the project is near coal mines of

NCL, and as such this project comes under Pit Head Station category. The

estimated cost of the project is approximately Rs. 5167 crore, 30% of which shall

be UP Government equity (i.e. Rs.1550 vrore).

(q) On completion of this project the installed capacity shall increase by 1000 MW and

annual electricity generation shall increase by 7008 MU at 80% PLF.

Renovation & Modernization / Refurbishment Schemes

115. At present the cost of construction of new thermal power station comes out to about Rs.4 crore /

MW whereas cost of Renovation & Modernisation of the old Power Stations comes out in the range of

Rs.0.8 to 1.25 crore / MW depending upon the period the units have already run and the condition of the

power stations. Due to acute shortage of resources for new power plants, Government of India encouraged

the Renovation & Modernization work in all the existing plants to improve their performance. Physical

status of various R&M / Refurbishment schemes of UPRVUNL is given below :

116. Following R&M /Refurbishment schemes for the Thermal units of UPRVUNL are being

implemented for acceleration of Power Generation:-

A) Refurbishment schemes

(1) Refurbishment of 5x50 MW units of A TPS Obra:

(a) A contract agreement has been signed with M/S Techno Prome Export Russia on 5th

February, 2003. Refurbishment work of unit no. 1 and 2 is being done by M/S

TPE. Refurbishment work on unit no. 1 and 2 is expected to be completed by 31-5-

[ 233 ]


34/119

2007 and 30-4-2007 respectively. Exemption from statutary clearance of boiler of

unit no. 1 & 2 has been obtained from Government of U.P. After commissioning of

these units, additional generation of 100 MW is expected along with 15 years life

extension of these units. Total expenditure incurred to date is Rs.184.99 cr.

(2) Refurbishment schemes of units of 5x200 MW of Obra B TPS:-

(a) Refurbishment work on units of 1000 MW capacity (5x200M.W.)) of Obra B TPS is

to be carried out by M/S BHEL against refurbishment scheme, costing Rs.1635.00

crore. LOI in favor of M/S BHEL has been issued in month of May 2006. An

advance of Rs.117.50 crore has also been given to M/S BHEL.M/S PFC has

sanctioned the loan amounting to Rs.1308.00 crore in month of November 2006.

Refurbishment work is expected to be completed in 30 months. Zero date of

scheme is 20.06.2006.The contract agreement between UPRVUNL and M/s BHEL

for the above work has been signed on 21-02-2007. M/S N.T.P.C. has been

appointed as consultant for supervision of above refurbishment work. Aftercompletion of refurbishment scheme, the average PLF of these units is expected to

improve up to 80% inclusive of 15 years life extension of these units.

(B) R&M Schemes:

(a) Work in R&M schemess costing to Rs.55.34 crore of Unit no.5&7 of Harduaganj TPS

is under progress. This scheme has been sanctioned under Accelerated Generation

and Supply Programme of G.O.I. The total expenditure incurred on the scheme is

Rs.44.54 crore. Work on unit no.7 (110 MW) has been completed and the work on

unit No.5 (60 MW) is expected to be completed up to 31.05.07 and after

completion of scheme, unit no. 5 is expected to be re-commissioned.. Aftercommissioning of unit no. 5 (60 MW) the average PLF is expected to be 53%.

(b) Work on R&M schemes for the units of Anpara A TPS (3x210 MW) costing to

Rs.68.96 crore is under progress. Loan agreement with PFC. amounting to

Rs.55.17 crore has been signed. Remaining amount Rs.13.79 crore has been

received from U.P. Government. Works of the scheme are proposed to be

completed by 30th September, 2007 and after completion of this scheme, PLF of

unit is expected to be reach up to 75%. Total expenditure incurred on the scheme is

Rs.17.17 crore.

(c) Action against R&M scheme for unit no.6 (100 MW), costing Rs.52.47 crore is underprogress. M/s PFC have sanctioned loan of Rs.42.00 crore and loan agreement has

been signed with PFC. Scheme is proposed to be completed by 31-12-2007 and

after completion of this scheme, PLF of unit is expected to improve from 34.69%

to 60%. Work on scheme is under progress & total expenditure incurred is Rs.

31.00 crore.

117. Provision for investment of Rs.42201.79 crore has been made for Thermal Power Projects during

Eleventh Plan (Table-2)

[ 234 ]


35/119

Generation from Central Sector

118. At present, the total entitled Capacity from NTPC is 3145 MW. In addition to existing generation,

UP is also entitled to share generation (123MW) from Kahalgaon St-II Phase-I & II and 189 MW from

Koldam. Uttar Pradesh is also entitled to share generation (582 MW) from NHPC project.Negotiations

for purchase of 200MW power from Gas based project of ONGC, Tripura (through PTC) is currently in

progress.

Generation from IPPs

119. Seven Power Stations are being proposed in the Eleventh Plan in Private sector:

1. AnparaC (2*500MW)

2. Rosa Thermal Power Project (2*600MW)

3. Reliance gas based Dadri Project (5800MW) UP share of 2320MW in this project.

4. Tata Group has proposed for installation of 1000MW thermal power station in Chola District

Bulandshahar of which U.P. will get 400 MW Power.

5. Besides this 600 MW capacity from Co-generation is also expected to be added in EleventhPlan.

6. Srinagar Hydro Project (330MW) U.P. share 290 MW.

7. Karcham-WT (IPP-Hydro) 1000 MW, U.P. Share 400MW.

120. Thermal generation capacity addition to the system during Eleventh Plan period (Table-3).

New Power Projects

121. With a view to encourage private participation in the energy sector, Government of Uttar Pradesh

has initiated the installation of 4000 MW Pit Head Thermal Power Projects in the State. The Central

Government through its tariff guidelines has banned the purchase of energy from private agencies through

MOU route. In line with the Ultra Mega Power Projects being established in the Central Sector, the

Government of U.P. has approved the installation of three thermal power houses out of which two will be

in the Allahabad District and one in Sonebhadra District. The capacity of the thermal power houses may

vary from 1000 MW to 2000 MW.

122. It may be mentioned that in the meeting of Energy Task Force held on 29.9.06 it had been decided

that the new thermal power projects would be established with the participation of private parties based on

competitive bidding as incorporated and envisaged in Ultra Mega Power Projects being installed in the

Central Sector. The Cabinet decided that it may be explored as to which is the most appropriate place in

which new power stations could be installed like Dopaha and Delpa

Documents

Chapter -3 (Infrastructure )