SHILLONG, JUNE 24: Around 52 years of statehood, several un-electrified villages in Meghalaya continue to reel under darkness. Admitting that during a recent survey the state government has come across this fact, Power Minister AT Mondal on Monday said the state Government plans to electrify the un-electrified villages in the state soon.
Talking to Mediapersons, Mondal said the department is on the job to ensure all un-electrified villages are brought under electrification much before 2028.
“We are on the job and we will try to see that all these un-electrified villages will be brought under electrification,” Mondal said.
The power minister had met a delegation led by Congress legislator from Mawhati Charles Marngar, who had requested his intervention into the irregular power supply to many villages as well as electrification of un-electrified villages under the constituency.
Mondal said he had assured the delegation that very soon, the department will try to sort out the problems faced by these villages.
“We will try to see that these villages are also brought under electrification,” he added.
According to him, the department had surveyed the entire state but there are few villages, which are yet to be included in the list of un-electrified villages.
“This is because there are many villages, which have just come out newly and expansion of villages are there, so these issues are continuous issues, it is not that it is pending for a quite long time. A village that has been electrified then because of the expansion of the village, there is a requirement of electricity also into those households which are constructed newly. So we are taking care of that issue also so that no households are left out,” the minister stated.
Earlier, Congress MLA from the Mawhati constituency Charles Marngar submitted a letter to the Power Minister demanding electrification of seven un-electrified villages in his Constituency.
These villages are Makdoh, Muska, Amjong, Markhangduba, Amdubighat, Amphreng and Nongthymmai Makdoh.
Marngar further demanded the state government to address irregularity of electricity power supply.
The Congress MLA also said in these villages electricity Poles, cables are already setup in the Year 2018-2019 under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUJGY-I).