Modi’s rural mission: Nearly 50% villages electrified

9,134 villages out of 18,452 have been electrified.

Ministry of Power, in a statement, said, “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 unelectrified villages within 1000 days i.e. by 01st May, 2018.”

It further said that 9,134 villages have been electrified till date.

The ministry said, “Total 1654 villages were electrified during April 2015 to 14th Aug 2015 and after taking initiative by Government of India for taking it on mission mode, 7,480 additional villages have been electrified from 15thAugust 2015 to 24th July, 2016.”

141 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 18th to 24th July 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY), it said.

Bihar has been electrified the most, followed Assam, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.

In order to expedite the progress further, a close monitoring is being done through Gram Vidyut Abhiyanta (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 energisation with the state Discom, identifying the villages where milestone progress are delayed, it concluded.