The just-concluded general elections came as a boon for primary schools in Madhya Pradesh’s rural areas.
As per the state Chief Election Commissioner’s (CEO) report, 15,000 government primary schools, which were made polling stations in far-flung areas, got permanent electricity connections during the Lok Sabha polls.
Not just electricity, repair works were also undertaken and some schools provided water connections, officials said.
Some primary schools in Jhabua, Ratlam, Betul, and Bhind and other areas of rural Madhya Pradesh were made polling centres for the first time, a senior election officer said.
These schools either did not have electricity connections or had temporary arrangements for power supply, the official said.
