Expenditure of Rs 57.75 crore incurred on electrification in Jharkhand's Palamau district has remained largely unfruitful as 454 villages are still deprived of electricity, according to a report by CAG.
In the district, 1,457 villages consisting of 1.15 lakh BPL households were targeted for electrification under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RG-GVY) by June 2008, reported the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
However, as of March 2012, electrification was completed in 668 villages (and work was in progress in 789 villages) and only 214 villages out of the 668 villages electrified, were connected to Power Sub-Stations (PSS), the report said.
"We observed that constructions of three out of four PSS taken up were completed, and even these completed PSS were not free from deficiencies as electrical work, 'earthing' and gravelling, trench cover, control room flooring and stringing work was not done, as noticed by Telecommunication Consultants India Limited in its inspection," said the report tabled in the state Assembly on Saturday.
"Thus, expenditure of Rs 57.75 crore incurred on electrification of these villages became largely unfruitful as 454 villages remained deprived of electricity," it added.
The RG-GVY was introduced by the Centre in March 2005 with the objective to provide electricity to all rural households and improvement of electrical infrastructure by 2009.
