All villages electrified, but last-mile supply a challenge
NEW DELHI : Leisang village in the Senapati district of Manipur etched its name in India’s socio-economic history by becoming the last village to be brought onto the national power grid at 5.30pm on 28 April 2018. The seminal moment of electricity reaching all of India’s 597,464 census villages also marked the culmination of the marquee Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).
The last village to be provided with grid electricity access was also in Pakol village in Manipur’s Churachandpur district.
With an undeniable link between poverty eradication and the spread of electricity use, DDUGJY laid down the physical infrastructure for providing round-the-clock power to rural households and adequate power to agricultural consumers.
