Chief Secretary Ajay Singh on Monday reviewed the work for ongoing projects of Energy Department at the Mantralaya here.
During the meeting, the Chief Secretary directed officials to provide momentum to the ongoing rural electrification projects in the entire State.
Energy Department Special Secretary Siddharth Komal Singh Pardeshi made a presentation of the ongoing rural electrification projects in the State.
The Chief Secretary was informed that under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Rural Eletrification scheme, a total of 2,497 villages have been electrified so far during the current financial year in Chhattisgarh.
Under the ‘Sobhagya Yojana’ , total electrification had been targetted in both rural and urban pockets of the State by March 2019, he informed.
Under the scheme, 9.25 lakh new power connections are to be provided out of which 41,209 connections had already been provided so far, he informed.