A total of 442 out of 1080 villages stood electrified in Chhattisgarh so far as per the latest data made available by the Central Government.
During the week ending June 12, 2016, a total of 147 villages has been electrified across the country during last week under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY).
Out of these electrified villages, four villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh, 76 in Assam, 28 in Jharkhand, two in Rajasthan, nine in Madhya Pradesh, six in Odisha, two in Manipur, one in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Bihar, three in Chhattisgarh and six in Meghalaya.
The State Government has planned to invest Rs4,000 crore during the coming two-and-a-half years for electrification of all villages in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh had informed last month while talking to mediapersons after completion of his month-long tour of the State under ‘lok Suraj Abhiyan’.
The Chief Minister had stated: “Every district has been given the target to ensure 100 per cent electrification and the progress in this direction will be monitored every three months.”