Seven houses in a Rajasthan village on the banks of the Chambal river recently lighted up after they got electricity from government supply. The village didn’t have electricity since Independence. The village got electricity supply due to the efforts of a medical student and the seven families got connections with the help of funds from Norway.
Rajghat is a small village of 39 families. It has featured in Indian films, ‘Bandit Queen’ and ‘Pan Singh Tomar’, based on dacoits. But it didn’t have any signs of development until a few years ago – no roads, no electricity, no drinking water. The village is inhabited by boatmen, who work as daily-wage labourers.
