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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
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Power States - Other States Govt aims to electrify 40,000 villages this fiscal Our Bureau
New Delhi , May 23 After having electrified 10,000 villages the last fiscal, the Government has set a target of providing electricity connection to 40,000 villages in 2006-07. "We have achieved the target of providing grid connection to 10,000 unelectrified villages in 2005-06. This year we would add another 40,000 villages," the Power Minister, Mr Sushilkumar Shinde, said after launching the national programme for franchisees to connect unelectrified villages. Mr Shinde said the Government planned to add another 50,000 villages in the two subsequent years, to meet the target of connecting all unelectrified villages by 2008-09. The country has a total of 6,00,000 villages, of which 1,25,000 villages were unelectrified as on April 2005, when the Government launched the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana. While 1,00,000 villages are planned to be connected to the grid by 2008-09, the remaining villages will be provided power through grid-independent schemes. The Power Secretary, Mr R. V. Shahi, said the entire programme entailed an estimated investment of Rs 16,000 crore. Of this, Rs 5,000 crore was approved for capital expenditure during 2005-06 and 2006-07, he said, adding the balance amount would be utilised during the first two years of the 11th Plan period. The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana is being implemented through franchisees, which have the responsibility of collection, billing and in some cases maintenance of rural distribution network.
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