Under Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojna ‘Saubhagya’ 10 districts of the State have been provided with the electricity. The target of providing cent percent electricity connection has been completed under Saubhagya scheme.
The 10 districts include Aagar Malwa, Mandsaur, Indore, Khandwa, Neemuch, Dewas, Ratlam, Harda, Ashok Nagar and Ujjain. In this scheme, 13.81 lakh houses have been illuminated by giving electricity connections. The target of providing electricity in the remaining houses will be completed by October 2018.
Notably, with an initiative taken by Central and State Governments in Madhya Pradesh electricity connections are being provided to all the households which have been deprived of electricity for years.
Besides, positive results could be seen under Saubhaya Scheme and the efforts are being made by the three electricity distribution companies of the State to provide electricity connections to houses deprived of electricity. For such households, the companies are taking steps to make electricity connection easy and accessible to their houses.
Under the scheme all the three electricity distribution companies of the State and their regional and local engineers and activists are actively working with this initiative, so that the benefits of this scheme can be availed to every household without electricity.
Madhya Pradesh Eastern Region Distribution Company has been given the target of linking powerless houses with 15.7 lakh connections in 10 districts of the State.
The company has so far connected 4.56 lakh households with electricity connection. Central Region Distribution Company has illuminated 5.99 lakh houses against the target of 18.55 lakh electricity connections in 16 districts.