New Delhi: All Indian villages now have access to electricity.
With the electricity now reaching all villages through the marque Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), it is being termed as a game changer moment for readying the country towards achieving universal electricity access.
According to the government data, all of India’s 597,464 census villages have been electrified.
During the project work it was found out that an additional 1275 villages also didn’t have electricity access.
As of 28 April, all these villages have got electricity access either through the national grid or off grid solutions.
The last village to be provided off grid electricity access was Pakol village in Churachandpur district of Manipur.
Leisang, the last Indian village where the national electricity grid reached. »