Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday directed the Energy Department to ensure electricity connectivity to all villages of the State by October 2016.
Patnaik issued this direction while reviewing progress of various projects undertaken by the department at the Secretariat.
It was revealed that out of total 47,677 villages, 43,753 villages have electricity connections and the rest 3,924 villages are yet to get connections.
The Chief Minister too set March 31, 2017 for power connections to all human habitations. Out of total 82,014 human habitations, 54,061 habitations have got electricity connections as of now. The rest 27,935 habitations would be supplied electricity under the Biju Gramjyoti Yojana, a CMO release said.
By now, a total of 53.63 lakh households have electricity connections. The left-out families would be covered under the Bijy Gramjyoti Yojan, Rajeev Gandhi Gramin Bidyutkaran Yojana, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramjyoti Yojana.
The Government has targeted to set up 500 33/11 KV new substations by 2019 across the State. Of the target, 100 substations would be established by March 2016. While 64 11-KV feeder lines would be dedicated for agriculture sector, 19 such feeder lines would be used for fisheries sector.