Chief Minister Raman Singh informed Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday that a total of 3,85,138 applications had been received as on June 15, 2018 seeking electricity connections under ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’.
In a written reply to Congress member Satyanarayan Sharma, the Chief Minister informed that a total of 3,84,154 applicants have demanded conventional power connections in their premises while 212 premises have been provided solar home lights.
Replying to a query raised by Dr Renu Jogi under the scheme Chief Minister replied that in Marwahi the provision number of villages non-electrified is 156 having 750 settlements while under PM Scheme 12 villages covering 64 settlements electrification has been done. Similarly in Kota constituency there are non-electrified 86 villages covering 223 settlements out of which 7 villages having 31 settlements have been electrified. All the non-electrified villages would be electrified by September 2018.
Chief Minister in reply to query by MlA Naveen Markenday said that under Arang Assembly constituency all 148 villages have been electrified.
Meanwhile, replying to a query on electrification in Chitrakote Assembly constituency raised by Deepak Baij, Chief Minister said that as per Census 2011, out of 233 villages upto May 2018, 186 villages have been linked with grid while 09 villages have been electrified through off-grid. Thus total 195 villages have been electrified. Out of the remaining 38 villages, the work of electrification is in progress at 18 villages and in 20 villages the work has not started.