28 more villages in India electrified last week
22/08/2016 11:12
A total of 28 villages have been electrified across the country during last week under DeenDayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojna(DDUGJY). “28 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 15th to 21st August 2016) under DeenDayalUpadhyaya Gram JyotiYojna(DDUGJY),” said an official statement. Out of these electrified villages, 4 villages belong to Assam, 5 Chhattisgarh, 3to Jharkhand, 10to Meghalaya and 6 to Rajasthan. In view of the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s address to nation, on Independence Day, Government of India has decided to electrify remaining 18,452 un-electrified villages within 1000 days i.e. by 01stMay, 2018. “10,079 villages have been electrified till date,” the statement added. Total 1654 villages were electrified during April 2015 to 14thAug 2015 and after taking initiative by Government of India for taking it on mission mode, 8,425 additional villages have been electrified from 15th August 2015 to 21st August, 2016. In order to expedite the progress further, a close monitoring is being done through Gram VidyutAbhiyanta(GVA) and various actions are also being taken on regular basis like reviewing the progress on monthly basis during the RPM meeting, sharing of list of villages which are at the stage of under energization with the state DISCOM, identifying the villages where milestone progress are delayed.
22/08/2016 11:12
