Abstract
The focus of the paper is based on the state of West Bengal's Sundarban region. The Sundarban forests lie in the southern part of the state. It comprises 104 island groups out of which 54 are inhabited. Sagar Island, the focus of my study, is the largest island in this area having an area of 286 km2 and a population of more than 1.6 lakhs. This island is situated 5 km adrift on the mainland of India. Due to the presence of River Muriganga (Hooghly), this island could not be connected to the national grid. So, the power requirement was fulfilled by the Diesel Generator sets run by WBSEDCL, 9 Solar Photovoltaic Plants located in the strategic areas, and one Wind- Diesel Hybrid Plant run by WBREDA so that the minimum power requirement could be met. In this paper, the focus of the study will be on the people of Sagar Island on how they will be benefited from the conventional grid in order to improve their lifestyle and economy and also study the future of renewable projects and the existing off-grid system prevalent in this island. Keywords: Grid availability, Socio-economic impact assessment, Decentralized Distributed
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