looking at the precarious situation of the farmers in the State due to failed kharif season last year, the Government has expressed its commitment to deal with the situation for the future. Jharkhand Bijli Vitaran Nigam limited (JBVNl) has reached at an advanced stage of granting irrigation pumps for farmer under the Tilka Manjhi Grameen Pump Scheme and expected to start distribution by June.
Informing about this, JBVNl Managing Director Rahul Purwar said on Thursday that a tender has been floated for the selection of the executing agency. “We have received lots of bids from various parties and at present the evaluation exercise is continuing. We are expecting to allocate the work in May and the pumps would be distributed in June right on time for kharif season,” said Purwar.
The scheme along with Atal Gram Jyoti Yojna for rural electrification is to continue simultaneously. All the BPl, APl and agrarian households in the 18 Assembly constituencies are to be given free electricity connections. Beneficiaries under this are to be selected by the MlAs. There are 27,757 villages out of total 29,492 in the State that have to be electrified under the Centrally and the State sponsored schemes while the rest 1735 under various schemes.
“JREDA has also been given charge to energise 494 villages which are located in remote and hilly areas. The agency would complete its job by December 2016,” added Purwar. He also added that the State has received Rs 3696.22 crore under Deendayal Upadhayay Gram Jyoti Yojna under which quality power supply, complete coverage, replacement of high power transformers, installation of meters etc would be taken up. The department has also released Rs 115 crore and selected project management agency to execute power connection at 19 Sansad Aadarsh Grams.
Besides, a World Bank team on May 4 evaluated the system the JBVNl has placed under ‘ease of doing business’ in the State. “We have prepared a web application ‘fixed cost estimate’ which has been praised. The application is integrated with the Single Window System setup of the Industry Department,” said Purwar.