New milestone achieved! Govt brightens 5,94,673 villages under rural electrification scheme ‘DDUGJY’

New Delhi, October 2: At least 5,97,464 villages has been brightened by Prime Minister Modi led central government so far. Notably, seventy years have been passed since India got the independence from British rule but still there are thousands of villages that survive without electricity. Therefore, PM Modi led government took the initiative from the front and electrified 99.5% of census villages till date.

Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, West Bengal and Sikkim are the states where 100% villages are electrified till date and rest will be brightened soon.

Fact sheet of villages of a state where electrification is yet to be done:

 Chhattisgarh

Out of 19,567 census villages, 19,347 villages (98.8%) have been electrified. 220 villages are yet to be electrified.

Odisha

Out of 47,677 census villages, 47,357 villages (99.3%) have been electrified. 320 villages are yet to be electrified.

Jharkhand

Out of 29,492 census villages, 29,198 villages (99%) have been electrified. 294 villages are yet to be electrified.

Bihar

Out of 39,073 census villages, 38,871 villages (99.4%) have been electrified. 202 villages are yet to be electrified.

Out of 2,379 census villages, 2,324 villages (97.6%) have been electrified. 55 villages are yet to be electrified.

Mizoram

Out of 704 census villages, 693 villages (98.4%) have been electrified. 11 villages are yet to be electrified.

Meghalaya

Out of 6,459 census villages, 6,380 villages (98.7%) have been electrified. 79 villages are yet to be electrified.

Assam

Out of 25,372 census villages, 25,082 villages (98.8%) have been electrified. 390 villages are yet to be electrified.

Arunachal Pradesh

Out of 5,258 census villages, 4,129 villages (78.5%) have been electrified. 1,129 villages are yet to be electrified.

Jammu and Kashmir

Out of 6,337 census villages, 6,237 villages (98.4%) have been electrified. 100 villages are yet to be electrified.

Uttarakhand

Out of 15,745 census villages, 15,703 villages (99.7%) have been electrified. 42 villages are yet to be electrified.

Karnataka

Out of 27,397 census villages, 27,388 villages (99.9%) have been electrified. 9 villages are yet to be electrified.

Notably, the government of India took the initiative to electrify all the villages under rural electrification scheme Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY). The project has been taken on a mission mode and strategy for electrification consists of squeezing the implementation schedule to 12 months and also dividing village electrification process into 12 Stage milestones with defined timelines for monitoring.