Free farm power connections last year fell short of govt target

COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has provided 15,000 free electricity connections for agricultural purposes during the 2024-25 financial year, states an RTI reply. This figure is well short of the government’s promise of 50,000 free connections.

P Venkadachalamurthy, an executive committee member of the farmers’ association, was provided with the reply by TNPGCL under the RTI Act. He alleged that the government’s announcement on providing free electricity connections to farmers was not fully executed.