ITANAGAR, Jun 22:Chief Minister Pema Khandu today said that the rural electrification programme will be taken on a mission mode and the power department has drawn up a schedule to cover all the remaining un-electrified villages by December 2017.

Khandu said this when the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) Limited chief Dr PV Ramesh along with a team of officers called on him to discuss the work being carried out under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY) in the state.

The Chief Minister during the meeting assured all support of the state government for rural electrification works.

Arunachal Pradesh has the largest number of un-electrified villages in the country numbering 1230. Under DDUGJY, 335 of these villages will be provided power through grid connectivity and other 895 villages by solar installations.

The Chief Minister was informed that already 8 villages, 6 in Anjaw and 2 in Dibang Valley have been electrified this month. For the first time power supply has reached these villages.

The Chief Minister gave a direction to the Commissioner (Power) that he will be taking a review meeting in the first week of July next and asked for regular updates on the status of rural electrification works.

---

Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
Email: kenterjoyaz@easternsentinel.in / editoreasternsentinel@gmail.com
Phone: 0360-2212313

<< Back to News List