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Shri @RahulGandhi has tweeted a report of India Today which questions the claim of all villages being electrified. It appears neither the reporter nor Shri Gandhi cared to cross check the facts. We have cross checked the facts from the states. The facts are:
Madhya Pradesh:13 villages of Narmada valley (District Alirajpur) came under submergence. They were shifted in Falia Kadaipani of Village Kakrana. It is fully electrified. Some villagers shifted to nearby areas. These are new Falias. All revenue villages are electrified.
In Raisen District, Khananpura Village is already electrified & intensive electrification in associated Tola is in progress. The other 5 villages namely- Jaitgarh, Bili, Pond, Ramgarha and Gopalpur are forest villages wherein Households have been electrified with Solar Power.
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#PowerfulIndia : "The last village to be brought on the national power grid was Leisang village in the Senapati district of Manipur ". Sharing my experience of living fr a month in Senapati dist
Yr was 2007. I was selected for national internship with 22Assam Rifles , Manipur
After a back-breaking train journey that started from Pune-Mumbai-Kolkata-Assam and the 4 hour bumpy ride on NH-2 Imphal- Dimapur highway , we finally reached the 22Assam Rifles HQ at Maram, Senapati district. At that time electricity was a luxury, hot water for bath using wood
During our fieldwork, we got to travel across the various small villages hidden in mountain tops in Senapati dist and nearby districts. The areas were devoid of any development, factories. One village ransacked other. People charged their mobile phones paying 5rs at nearby shops
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