DEC meeting of Leh, Kargil distts held to finalize action plan for RDSS scheme
Aug 04, 2022
LEH: A meeting of District Electricity Committee (DEC) of Leh and Kargil districts of the Union Territory of Ladakh was held under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament (MP), Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal to discuss and finalize the DPR and the action plan for the RDSS scheme to be implemented in Ladakh.
The meeting was attended by Member Secretaries, Deputy Commissioner Leh and Deputy Commissioner Kargil (through VC), Chief Engineer PDD Ladakh, General Manager NHPC, Superintending Engineer PDD, Executive Engineer ED Leh, ED Kargil, Project Division and officers from RECPDCL and LPDD.
A detailed presentation on the agenda for the meeting was presented by LPDD and RECPDCL, the PMA for the scheme. It was presented to the members that under the RDSS Scheme, projects to the tune of Rs 1172 crore is being proposed from Ladakh. The proposal includes Phase I: Loss Reduction Component for Rs 144.60 crore, Electrification of Changthang Region for Rs 627.64 crore and Downline infrastructure in Zanskar region for Rs 58.50 crore.
Under the Phase II of the scheme modernization, various new Sub-stations, New DTRs, 66 KV Line, 11 KV Line, Line Augmentation RT-DAS for sub-stations etc have been proposed for Rs 341.47 crore. The loss reduction of phase I includes the replacement of all bare conductors with LT-AB Cables in the urban areas and congested areas of rural areas for reducing the faults/interruptions in the power lines and power theft.
The main objective of the RDSS is to reduce the AT&C Losses and the ACS-ARR Gap. For Ladakh, the AT&C losses are projected to be reduced from 49.04% in 2021-22 to 27.85% by 2024-25. The ACS-ARR Gap is projected to be reduced from Rs 4.21/Unit to Rs 0.00 by 2024-25.
The MP directed the department to consider placing the sub-stations of Zanskar towards the load centre for maximum benefit to the public. He also took review of the status of electrification of all Schools and Health Centres discussed in the last DEC meeting.
Deputy Commissioner, Leh and Kargil submitted that DPR for the works has been prepared for the same and works are being proposed in SDP and District Capex Budget, respectively.
