A total of 2.48 lakh consumers have been linked to the Samadhan Yojana being implemented to benefit the consumers by the East, Central and West Power Distribution Companies of Madhya Pradesh. These low tension domestic connection consumers include 2.05 lakh people living below poverty line and 7,587 consumers dwelling in slums of urban areas. The second category comprises of 35,349 consumers of normal low tension domestic connections. A sum of Rs 102.72 crore has been received from the consumers included in the scheme. As per the scheme's condition, an exemption of Rs 57.07 crore was provided to the consumers and a surcharge amount of Rs 21.13 crore has been waived off.
A total of 84,320 consumers of Jabalpur, Sagar and Rewa Area of West Region Power Distribution Company have availed benefit of this scheme. These consumers comprises 60,284 people living below poverty line and low tension domestic consumers dwelling in notified slums of urban areas. Besidses, 24,036 other low tension domestic consumers have been included in the scheme.
Similarly, 19,886 consumers of Central Power Distribution Company have availed benefit of the schemes in Bhopal and Gwalior region. Under this 16,009 consumers living below poverty line and people dwelling in notified slums of urban areas. Beside this, there are other 3,877 low tension domestic consumers have been included in the scheme.
Besides, 1.44 lakh consumers of West Region Power Distribution Company of Indore and Ujjain have derived benefit from the scheme, including 1.36 lakh low tension domestic consumers living below poverty line and people dwelling in slums of urban areas. Also, other 7,436 low tension domestic consumers have been benefited under the scheme.k