Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that the State Government is ready to provide electricity connections to such villagers as belong to Uttar Pradesh but are residing on the side of the Yamuna river, in Haryana.
Manohar lal made this announcement while hearing the grievances of people at Faridabad.
Responding to a complainant from a village across Yamuna river, the Chief Minister directed the Superintending Engineer of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN), Faridabad, to talk to his counterpart in the adjoining district of UP, and request him if the villagers belonging to Haryana but doing farming on UP side of river Yamuna, could be provided electricity from their State.
Haryana is ready to provide electricity connections to the villagers belonging to UP who are residing on Haryana side, said Manohar lal. The Chief Minister said that he felt that a mutual understanding is required to be reached for facilitating electricity supply to the villages of both States.