Shillong, June 24: Meghalaya Power Minister, Abu Taher Mondal, on Monday informed that the department is on the job to ensure all un-electrified villages are brought under electrification before 2028.
“We are on the job and we will try to see that all these un-electrified villages will be brought under electrification,” Mondal said while assuring that such villages will be electrified before 2028.
The power minister made the assurance after meeting a delegation led by Congress legislator from Mawhati, Charles Marngar, who had requested his intervention into the irregular power supply to many villages as well as electrification of un-electrified villages under the constituency.
Mondal said he had assured the delegation that very soon, the department will try to sort out the problems faced by these villages. “We will try to see that these villages are also brought under electrification,” he said.
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According to him, the department had surveyed the entire state but there are few villages, which are yet to be included in the list of un-electrified villages. “This is because there are many villages, which have just come out newly and expansion of villages are there, so these issues are continuous issues, it is not that it is pending for a quite long time. A village that has been electrified then because of the expansion of the village, there is a requirement of electricity also into those households which are constructed newly. So, we are taking care of that issue also so that no households are left out,” the minister said.
Earlier, Marngar informed that he had brought to the notice of the minister the problem faced by villages under Mawhati area, Sonidan area, Umtrai area and Umsiang area due to irregular power supply. “Some of the villages need urgent electrification, where electricity poles, cables are already set up in 2018-19 under DDUGJY-I and now de-electrified due to faulty lines. Such villages include Makdoh, Muska, Amjong, Markhangduba, Amdubighat, Amphreng and Nongthymmai Makdoh,” he said.
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