More than 41 per cent households in the State do not have electricity connection.
In a reply to BJP MlA Dilip Ray’s question in the Assembly here, Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das said a total of 17,27,204 BPl families in the State have not received electricity connections yet. However, a target has been made to provide electricity to the left-out BPl families within the time limit of the 12thFive Year Plan, the Minister added.
As per the 2011 Census, total 44,012 of the total 47,677 villages in the State have been provided with electricity.
“There is total of 96,37,820 houses, including 15,47,833 in urban areas and 80,89,987 houses in rural areas. Among them, it has been able to provide electricity to 56,86,351 houses,” informed Das.