Parliament Question: Gas Insulated Sub-Stations

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3296 ANSWERED ON 12.03.2026 GAS INSULATED SUB-STATIONS 3296. SHRI KARAN BHUSHAN SINGH: Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state: (a) the number of new sub-stations, including Gas Insulated Sub-Stations (GIS), along with associated 66 KV / 33 KV / 22 KV / 11 KV transmission and distribution lines, established under the Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) during the last five years, State-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise with special reference to Kaiserganj Lok Sabha Constituency; (b) the number of existing sub-stations and lines that have been renovated and modernised under IPDS during the last five years, State-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise especially in Kaiserganj Lok Sabha Constituency; and (c) the criteria and procedure adopted for selection of existing sub-stations and lines for renovation and modernisation under the scheme? A N S W E R THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK) (a) & (b): Government of India (GoI) launched Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) in 2014 to strengthen sub-transmission and distribution network in the urban areas and projects worth ₹ 28,731 crore were executed under the scheme. The scheme stands closed as on 31.03.2022. State-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS are placed at Annexure-I. The works under IPDS were sanctioned Circle-wise based on the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) submitted by the Utilities. The Kaiserganj parliamentary constituency covers urban areas of Gonda & Baharich district in EDC Gonda Circle. The major works implemented at national level and in Electricity Distribution Circle (EDC), Gonda under IPDS are as below: Sr. Milestone Name Unit Projects Projects No. executed executed (National level) (EDC Gonda) 1 New Sub-stations No. 1,086 9 (including GIS) 2 Aug. of Sub-station No. 1,609 33 New High Tension (HT) CKm 23,476 149 Lines^ 4 Aerial Bunched Cable CKm 64,241 55 (ABC) 5 New Low Tension (LT) CKm 10,408 7 Lines 6 Under Ground (UG) Cables Km 22,023 10 7 New Distribution No. 59,992 127 Transformers (DTs) ^ comprising of 66/33/22/11 kv lines Circle-wise details of infrastructure works including renovation of existing sub- stations & lines in the state of Uttar Pradesh including EDC Gonda circle are placed at Annexure-II. (c) : Based on Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) submitted by the State distribution utilities, assessing their requirement for the urban areas, and the recommendation of the State Distribution Reforms Committee (DRC), the projects were approved by the Monitoring Committee headed by Secretary (Ministry of Power), constituted under the scheme. ************ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3296 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 ************* State-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS Sl. No State New GIS Sub-station Augmentation of New DT New HT New LT ABC * Under Augmentation Augmenta- Power (under GIS Project Substations (No) (No) Lines Lines (ckm) (km) Ground /Reconduc- tion Sub- of IPDS) (ckm) Cable toring of HT /Reconduc- Station (No) (km) Lines toring of LT (No) (ckm) Lines (ckm) 1 A&N Island - - - - - - - - - - 2 Andhra Pradesh 104 24 96 2,856 982 384 266 39 315 185 3 Arunachal Pradesh 1 - - 470 312 234 67 4 74 08 4 Assam 13 2 39 686 617 179 2,454 5 546 90 5 Bihar 64 20 152 4,969 1,704 8 8,415 665 1,355 01 6 Chhattisgarh 32 - 64 1,667 1,069 63 3,249 43 148 42 7 Delhi - - - - - - - - - - 8 Goa - 3 - - - - - - - - 9 Gujarat 19 - 55 6,111 539 98 5,300 2,088 522 12 10 Haryana 5 1 5 1,001 283 39 1,052 290 228 94 11 Himachal Pradesh 1 1 2 390 76 66 383 - 225 171 12 Jammu & Kashmir 17 3 46 816 155 46 1,036 2 156 79 13 Jharkhand 26 - 42 1,675 539 0 2,174 134 349 - 14 Karnataka 7 6 2 3,899 950 457 2,068 1,300 974 5,625 15 Kerala 3 - 12 885 444 199 1,188 211 194 2,724 16 Ladakh - - 4 82 25 - 62 - 11 - 17 Madhya Pradesh 58 - 133 4,391 2,017 1,444 3,450 9 638 2,122 18 Maharashtra 114 - 116 5,048 1,381 951 2,355 4,602 282 459 19 Manipur 4 - 2 200 130 0 989 - - - 20 Meghalaya 6 2 2 53 75 57 0 - 11 28 21 Mizoram 2 - 2 55 135 136 91 - 12 57 22 Nagaland 1 - 1 121 131 95 0 - - - 23 Odisha 14 - 92 1,983 754 - 3,405 18 994 - 24 Puducherry - - 0 50 4 - - 12 - - 25 Punjab - - 0 1,757 305 91 286 1 1,193 607 26 Rajasthan 127 4 195 2,395 664 81 79 2,817 158 321 27 Sikkim 1 2 39 5 18 28 92 01 03 28 Tamil Nadu 68 7 41 1,094 4,266 1,747 153 1,747 843 2,702 29 Telangana 54 - 54 4,284 853 1,634 352 216 401 1,304 30 Tripura 6 - 1 437 40 11 365 218 61 206 31 Uttar Pradesh 195 1 245 7,929 3,689 2,359 9,660 5,126 755 1,509 32 Uttarakhand 1 10 37 295 179 - 673 459 152 - 33 West Bengal 50 8 167 4,354 1,153 11 14,641 1,925 1,730 117 Total 994 92 1,609 59,992 23,476 10,408 64,241 22,023 12,328 18,466 *ABC: Aerial Bunched Cable ****************ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3296 ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 12.03.2026 ************* Circle-wise details of infrastructure works executed under IPDS New Air GIS Sub- Augmentation of New DT New HT New LT ABC UG HT Lines LT Lines Aug./ Insulated station (under Substations (Nos.) Lines Lines (Ckm.) Cable Aug./ Reconductoring S.No Circle Name Sub-station GIS Project of (Nos.) (Ckm.) (Ckm.) (Ckm.) Reconduc- (Ckm.) (Nos.) IPDS) (Nos.) toring (Ckm.) DVVNL 1 EDC Agra 6 0 4 213 109 263 60 0 15 0 2 EDC Alighar 0 0 114 24 134 34 0 26 0 3 EDC Banda 1 0 0 111 42 51 104 0 0 0 4 EDC Etah 0 0 6 227 60 261 49 0 12 0 5 EDC Etawah 1 0 2 187 40 118 151 0 34 0 6 EDC Farukhabad 2 0 1 177 49 167 138 1 30 0 7 EDC Firozabad 2 0 8 65 41 70 16 0 0 0 8 EDC Hamirpur 0 0 0 150 35 106 171 0 0 0 9 EDC Hathras 1 0 0 108 61 130 16 0 7 0 10 EDC Jhansi 1 0 0 277 101 112 249 0 14 0 11 EDC Kanpur 1 0 1 182 87 106 101 3 28 0 12 EDC Mainpuri 1 0 5 158 59 206 36 0 44 0 13 EDC Mathura 1 0 0 153 77 126 130 0 60 0 14 EDC Orai 0 0 2 72 22 81 35 0 9 0 15 EUDC Aligrah 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 2 0 0 16 EUDC Mathura 0 0 0 32 1 7 14 201 5 0 17 EUDC Jhansi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total (A) 19 0 29 2226 822 1938 1304 207 284 0 MVVNL 1 Bareily 3 0 7 200 247 73 337 19 10 63 2 EDC Badaun 3 0 4 133 77 14 21 19 0 278 3 EDC Barabanki 5 0 3 75 102 0 126 6 0 51 4 EDC Faizabad 6 0 1 95 171 51 445 42 9 49 5 EDC Gonda 9 0 3 127 149 7 55 10 7 550 6 EDC Hardoi 4 0 5 66 147 20 184 5 0 0 7 EDC Raibareli 1 0 0 64 20 41 0 18 0 105 8 EDC Shajahanpur 4 0 6 130 105 13 176 5 0 0 9 EDC Sitapur 6 0 7 97 137 31 233 20 0 99 10 EDC Sultanpur 5 0 0 26 76 13 74 4 9 17 11 EDC Unnao 7 0 2 127 146 18 121 26 7 104 12 Lucknow 2 0 0 55 38 54 54 30 0 109 13 EDC Ayodhaya 0 0 3 26 0 0 0 770 0 0 Total (B) 55 0 41 1221 1415 335 1826 974 42 1425PuVVNL 1 EDC Azamgarh 4 0 9 40 45 0 86 13 0 0 2 EDC Basti 3 0 3 49 61 0 99 5 3 0 3 EDC Deoria 4 0 0 62 90 0 78 9 0 0 4 EDC Fatehpur 1 0 5 57 43 0 108 38 0 0 5 EDC Ghazipur 2 0 5 65 31 0 84 4 0 0 6 EDC Gorakhpur 1 0 5 29 20 0 65 1 0 0 7 EDC I Allahabad 5 0 3 33 56 0 137 15 0 0 8 EDC II Allahabad 3 0 3 38 11 0 151 18 0 0 9 EDC Jaunpur 2 0 2 81 51 0 176 12 10 0 10 EDC Mau 2 0 7 69 31 0 138 9 27 0 11 EDC Mirzapur 3 0 3 17 29 0 56 4 0 0 12 EDC Sonbhadra 3 0 4 37 24 0 87 8 0 0 13 EDC Varanasi 2 0 1 41 9 0 136 23 12 0 14 EUDC Allahabad 9 0 21 72 27 0 246 351 6 0 15 EUDC Gorakhpur 3 0 5 107 7 0 150 343 6 0 16 EUDC Varanasi 2 1 12 111 1 0 411 2247 0 0 Total (C) 49 1 88 908 536 0 2208 3100 64 0 KESCo 1 EDC Kanpur 10 0 40 1503 91 24 415 306 365 84 Total (D) 10 0 40 1503 91 24 415 306 365 84 PVVNL^ PVVNL-(Non-RAPDRP 0 0 1 53 0 34 1479 472 33 2839 498 Urban towns) PaVVNL- RAPDRP Urban 0 0 2 towns) 10 0 13 593 355 29 1070 38 Total (E) 63 0 47 2072 827 62 3909 536 0 0 Grand Total (A+B+C+D+E) 196 1 245 7930 3691 2359 9662 5123 755 1509 ^ Scheme sanctioned as Project area wise [Non-RAPDRP Urban Towns (82 Nos towns) & R-APDRP Urban owns (55 Nos. towns)] in PVVNL Discom under IPDS ***************