April 23, 2012
The Andhra Pradesh government has requested the Centre to consider the feeder segregation project (FSP) as a rural-friendly project by providing financial assistance to the tune of Rs 3,014 crore, either under the National Electricity Fund or Restructured Rajiv Gandhi Grameena Vidyut Yojana (R-RGGCVY), so as to implement it “to provide quality and continuous supply to rural areas” by the distribution companies (discoms) as was done by some other states.
FSP involves erecting parallel rural distribution network of 11 kV feeder spanning 150,766 km to segregate the existing 8,880 mixed rural feeders. According to a scientific study conducted by the state energy department, the project requires capital expenditure of about Rs 3,014 crore.