30 at Dhansiripar and 22 at Indisen get free electricity
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Imsenkaba handing out certificates to a beneficiary at Indisen village on Sat. April 28 in Dimapur.[/caption]
Eastern Mirror Desk
Dimapur, April 28: In stark contradiction to the common belief that Nagaland was a totally ‘electrified’ state, it has been revealed that about 91,000 households in the state are yet to have electrical facilities.
This was revealed by chief programme manager of Rural Electrification Cooperation Limited, Bijay Kumar Mohanty, during the launch of the Saubhagya scheme at Indisen and Dhansiripar on April 28.
During the occasion, 30 at Dhansiripar and 22 households at Indisen village were provided with free electricity connection as part of the scheme.
An executive engineer at Dimapur Imsenkaba highlighted the Saubhagya scheme. He informed citizens that the government of India was endeavouring to achieve 100% electrification in the country by March 2019.
The deputy secretary of the ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, RK Boria, highlighted various schemes in the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan. He urged citizens to take advantages of the programmes.
Boria, who is also the general observer for Dimapur district for implementation of the scheme, said that the programme was being implemented in 21058 villages across the country. He said that the centre had deputed 1200 deputy secretaries and under secretaries across the country as observers to implement the project.
Further, the chief programme manager for Rural Electrification Cooperation Limited, Bijay Kumar Mohanty, informed that 7.05 crore households were yet to be connected with electricity in the country out of which 91,000 households are from Nagaland.
Stating that the procedure for getting power connection had been simplified by the government, he urged citizens to take advantage of the schemes at their doorsteps.
“With the support of the Power department, we are in a position to achievement 100% electrification,” he added.
During the programme officials from the Energy Efficiency Service Ltd. sold LED bulbs to villagers at a subsidised rate of INR 50 as against the original rate of INR 70. Rahul Khanna from the EESL oversaw the bulb distribution programme.
Beneficiaries from both the villages were given certificates. The Gram Shakti Abhiyan camp, which started on April 14, will culminate on May 5.
