New Delhi, October 2: Seventy years have been passed since India got the independence from British rule but still there are thousands of villages that survive without electricity. However, with an aim to electrify the villages of India, PM Modi led government till now brightened 99.5% of census villages are electrified till date. Notably, 594,547 villages out of 597,464 census villages till date have been electrified till date and remaining 2917 villages will be electrified soon.
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.
Fact sheet of villages of a state where electrification is yet to be done:
Manipur
Out of 2,379 census villages, 2,319 villages (97.4%) have been electrified. 60 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.
Uttar Pradesh
Out of 97,813 census villages, 97,811 villages (99.9%) have been electrified. 2 villages are yet to be electrified.
Meghalaya
Out of 6,459 census villages, 6,368 villages (98.5%) have been electrified. 91 villages are yet to be electrified.
Assam
Out of 25,372 census villages, 25,042 villages (98.6%) have been electrified. 330 villages are yet to be electrified.
Arunachal Pradesh
Out of 5,258 census villages, 4,116 villages (78.2%) have been electrified. 1,142 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, 15,696 villages (99.6%) have been electrified. 49 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.
Chhattisgarh
Out of 19,567 census villages, 19,338 villages (98.8%) have been electrified. 229 villages are yet to be electrified.
Odisha
Out of 47,677 census villages, 47,342 villages (99.2%) have been electrified. 335 villages are yet to be electrified.
Jharkhand
Out of 29,492 census villages, 29,180 villages (98.9%) have been electrified. 312 villages are yet to be electrified.
Bihar
Out of 39,073 census villages, 38,867 villages (99.4%) have been electrified. 206 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.