Electrification works in remote villages of insurgency-hit Bijapur district will soon be taken up by local youths undergoing training in livelihood College of the district. In this connection, District Collector Dr Ayyaj Tamboli has directed livelihood College to figure out an action plan at earliest.
As per information received, aiming to intensify electrification works in villages of Bijapur, the administration has started providing training to as many as 50 unemployed local youths in the college.
In a view of pending electrification works and unavailability of skilled electrician, the college has initiated a move of ensuring training related to electrification works.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of district panchayat Abhishek Singh has motivated these 50 unemployed youths of the region to opt electrification related training in the college by making them aware about the employment opportunities in the sector, added officials.
The youths undergoing training will be executing works including electric line laying, installation of poles and other related works through contractor.
The availability of skilled workers at local level will provide acceleration to ongoing electrification task.
In first phase, non-electrified villages under Bijapur and Bhairamgarh block have been included in the plan of electrification works through youths undergoing training in the livelihood College.