Saubhagya Yojana: Mission to brighten up rural Jharkhand

Ranchi, January 1: The state of Jharkhand is on the mission to brighten up its villages, houses, streets etc. by launching "Saubhagya Yojana", a programme that would provide electricity to all the 29,376 villages in the state.

This programme was launched by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand Raghubar Das. Launching the "Saubhagya Yojana" here, Das said only 38 lakh households out of 68 lakh households in the state could get electricity in 67 years.

However, this government has provided electricity to 13 lakh households in just three years; an official release said quoting the chief minister.

Raghubar Das while terming the upcoming year as ‘year of energy revolution’ said that the Government is working to provide round the clock power supply which would not only change the mindset of the people but also bring quantitative change in their lives.

“Children can study till late and farmers would get benefits of lift irrigation. Youths would get access to the outside world. If the State has to walk along with the world then it has to keep an ambitious target in mind,” he said.

By December 2018, the target is to provide electricity to the rest 17.64 lakh households, Das said adding people would get electricity 24x7, which would not only change the life of the people in the villages but also there would be a change in their thought, economic condition, education of their children and lift irrigation for the farmers.