• Harishankar Shukla
• Mandar Joshi
• sangyan sonone
• Vishvas V Raina

In this day and age it's very difficult to imagine living a life without consistent and adequate supply of electricity but it still remains a harsh reality for a major section of our population. A detailed Energy survey was conducted by our team in a slum area of Saraswati Nagar, Takia Dhantoli, with an aim to understand the current trends of energy consumption of that area on the basis of types & number of appliances used, energy rating of appliances, consumption hours, cognising their daily practice to use and handle various appliances, what measures they take to reduce electricity bills & their LPG usage. This survey revealed various difficulties (harsh truth) about lives of people who reside there, typically the unaffordability of electricity bills, use of firewood for heating purpose, unawareness about the best practices of use of appliances, sharing of electric meters and so forth. This paper aims to detail the factors affecting the electricity consumption of residents of Takia Dhantoli from a socioeconomic perspective. Secondly it aims to enumerate the problems of the residents related to their electricity consumption. From the acquired data and further analysis this paper presents several solution strategies reducing the burden of bill on these people. Investigating the use of solar energy in lighting, electrification application as well use Solvatten for purification and heating of water. Proposing a long term solution by setup of solar rooftop leasing and net metering

Energy, Solar, Lease, Heater, Light, Consumption, Refrigerator and Slum.

"Study and Analysis of Energy Consumption Trends of Slum Area, Identifying Their Problems and Providing Effective Feasible Solutions with a Socio Economic Perspective - A survey and case example of Saraswati Nagar, Takia Dhantoli, Nagpur.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.498-505, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z70.pdf

"Study and Analysis of Energy Consumption Trends of Slum Area, Identifying Their Problems and Providing Effective Feasible Solutions with a Socio Economic Perspective - A survey and case example of Saraswati Nagar, Takia Dhantoli, Nagpur.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp498-505, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Z70.pdf