Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will launch the Atal Jyoti Abhiyan in the Singrauli district at village Bargawan on May 24 at 3 pm.
Earlier, 24-hour power supply has been provided to domestic consumers in Jabalpur, Mandla, Shahdol, Anuppur, Umaria, Burhanpur, Bhopal, Balaghat, Ratlam, Dhar, Alirajpur, Sheopur, Panna, Mandsaur, Rewa, Hoshangabad, Rajgarh, Ujjain, Shivpuri, Khandwa, Harda, Betul and Khargone districts. On the occasion, a consumer and panchayat convention will also be held.
labour Minister Jagannath Singh, Energy Minister and in-charge of district Rajendra Shukla and MP Govind Mishra will be special guests on the occasion.
Vindhya Development Authority Chairman Ajay Pratap Singh, district Panchayat Chairperson Radha Singh, MlAs Ramcharit, Ram lallu Vaishya, Kunwar Singh Tekam and Vishwamitra Pathak will also be present.
A sum of Rs 44.82 crore has been spent in Singrauli district on implementation of schemes under Atal Jyoti Abhiyan.Under the Abhiyan, 43 feeders of 11 KV capacity are being separated.
Under the scheme, 119 km long lines of 11 KVA capacity have been laid, 385 km long low-tension lines have been cabalised and 119 distribution transformers of 25 KVA capacity are being installed.
The scheme will benefit 12 thousand 691 consumers including 3000 agriculture consumers in 500 villages in the district.Agriculture feeders are being installed in the State to supply power separately to agriculture and non-agriculture domestic consumers. Over 6000 feeders of 11 KV capacity are being separated in 4500 villages at a cost of about Rs 4000 crore.
Under the scheme, 71,688 km long 11 KV lines are being laid and 71,516 distribution transformers are being installed throughout the State. Besides, about 60 thousand km long low-tension lines are also being cabalised.