56 villages in Jharkhand have been electrified: Goyal
17 Dec 2015
India Coal Market Watch
December 17: The Ministry of Power has electrified 56 villages in Jharkhand in the second week of December, said Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of State, Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy in a written reply in Parliament. He added that the residents of these villages can avail of the benefits of power from now on.
The villages are located in the districts of Deoghar, Paschimi Singhbhum, Purbi Singhbhum, Palamau, Saraikela- Kharsawan, Koderma, Bokaro, Chatra, Ramgarh, Dhanbad and Giridih.
The project has been taken through a mission mode approach and the strategy comprised squeezed implementation schedule of 12 months with 12-stage milestones for village electrification monitoring with defined timelines.