Tag: rural electrification
Electricity Poles Erected 22 Years Ago, But No Electricity Yet | Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022
Villagers have decided to boycott the elections if their demands are not met.
Awaz Ho Buland: 100% Rural Electrification Still A Distant Dream?
When will our rural areas be at par with our urban areas in terms of energy security?
IMPACT | A Three Year Long Wait For Electricity to Irrigate Fields
How would farmers grow crops if there is no electricity for irrigation?
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Even After Seven Decades of Independence, Villages of India Yet To Be Electrified
The Union government's Soubhagya Jyoti scheme aimed to electrify every Indian village by Mar 2019. But that ambition is yet to be realised.
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Bamboo Poles As Electricity Poles in this Bihar Village
While the government blows its own trumpet claiming rural electrification milestones, the case of Brahampuri, makes one question the quality of such public amenities.
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Rural Electrification: The Long Wait for Electricity Supply
As India celebrates its high share in global electricity production, it is important to remember that 51% rural households in its most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, still have no electricity connection.
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In an Electrified Village Eleven Families Continue to Live in Darkness
Call the Junior Engineer of Kushmi, Madhya Pradesh
Atal Jyoti Yojana has failed to deliver on its promise of 24 hours supply of power to eleven households in rural Madhya Pradesh. Every month Lallan Singh receives an electricity bill. The catch is that he has no access to electricity. Singh and ten other families in Sariha, a village...
This village in Bihar has never seen electricity
The village of Keswar Bigha, Bihar was happy when there were electrical poles installed in their village. They thought they will finally see electricity in their homes, and their children will study under an electrical light. However, much of it remained a dream when the electrical poles were left without...