Bokaro followed the footsteps of Ramgarh today when it became second district after Ramgarh to get the tag of completely electrified district. Every household of the district has been provided with power connection under the Deendayal Upadhayay Gram Jyoti Scheme and Saubhagya Scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year for providing access of electricity to all.
The State Government is on the spree at present declaring districts fully energised. Chief Minister Raghubar Das made the announcement about this during the ‘Vikas Mela’organised at Petarwar of Bokaro on Wednesday where senior officials of Energy Department and local administration were present.
Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister also assured the people of the State about power prospects while lying foundation and inaugurating developmental schemes worth Rs 571 crore. “Jharkhand would become independent in power generation by 2021 and we would be able to provide not only assured quality power to all but also supply electricity to other parts of the country. I am feeling delighted to declare Bokaro a fully energised district. With our commitment we have been able to draw a bigger line in the field of power,” said the CM.
All total 622 villages of the district were given electricity connections of which 485 were under Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and the rest under Gram Swaraj Yojna and Saubhagya Yojna.
He, on the occasion, also recalled the plight of common people in the absence of power. “Residents of Chandankiyari were facing acute power crisis. Now, all the 65 villages of Chandankyari block have been provide with power connection and helped Bokaro to attain full electrification today after Ramgarh,” added Das while underlining the role of basic infrastructure for development.
The CM said that the Government is spending Rs 35000 crore in improving power supply mechanism of the State and Rs 20000 crore on rural electrification. “80 new power grids are coming up at cost of Rs 15000 crore which was just 32 and much lower than the required. At present 23 lakh households of Jharkhand out of 30 lakh have been given power connection. The job which could not be done in the last 67 years has been done in the last three and half years of our regime,” said the CM.
He also informed that inaccessible villages, mainly inhabited by tribals, are being provided with solar power. The CM also mentioned about upcoming 4000 MW power plant at Patratu and assured that by May next year assured power supply would be in place throughout the State. He also announced that five more districts would be declared fully electrified on November 15 and hinted for separate feeders for farmers and entrepreneurs in near future.
The CM advocating for healthy village and town underlined the significance of Ayushman Bharat. He on the occasion handed over cheques for Fasal Bima Yojna, bank linkages to Sakhi Mandals and gas connections under Ujjwala scheme. Talking about corruption, the CM said that after neutralising naxals at Saranda and Budha Pahar, it is the turn of white collar criminals who would be dealt with iron hands for their anti-development tendencies.
Land and Revenue Minister Amar Kumar Bauri, MPs Ravindra Pandey and PN Singh, MLAs Biranchi Narayan, Babita Devi, Jagarnath Mahto and Jogeshwar Mahto, Energy Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni, JBVNL Managing Director Rahul Purwar and several others were present on the occasion.