Ayodhya to be without overhead power cables by 2023

30 Aug 2022 CW Team

As part of government’s ambitious plan of development of the temple town, Ayodhya would be free of overhead electricity cables by 2023. As part of it, almost 50% process of laying of underground cables has been completed.

The project was initiated under the ‘Ujjawal Bharat, Ujjwal Bhavishya Power 2047’ scheme of Ministry of Power, NTPC Tanda and Ayodhya district administration at an outlay of Rs 179.60 crore.

“So far, we have laid close to 50% underground cable. We started the project under Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS) scheme in June 2021 and expect to complete it by June 2023,” said power department executive engineer Pradeep Kumar Verma.

The department claimed that by October work related to aerial bundled cable (ABC) will be completed. Apart from this, 3.81 lakh LED lights have been distributed in Ayodhya so far under the Ujala scheme resulting in a reduction of 20.22 MW in power demand. With this, the department has saved Rs 19 lakh. Verma said “Besides underground cabling, electrification of 2,556 villages have been completed under Saubhagya Yojana Phase-I at a cost of Rs 61.80 crore.

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