EMN
Dimapur, June 24
About 1, 261 villages in Nagaland have been electrified as of 2015. The number appears to be positive considering that there are about 1, 400 villages in the state and the benchmark achievement in the rural-electrification sector is almost cent-per-cent in comparison to other states in the country.Records available with this reporter shows that the rural-electrification program in the state is 90.1% making it one of the highest among the state pushing to equip every village with electricity supply.
The progress report of village electrification in the country prepared by from the Central Electricity Authority was made available on Wednesday, June 24. The report shows progress as on 31-03-2015. There are only 129 villages in the state left that are yet to enjoy the facility.
Just a month ago, Coal and Power Minister Piyush Goyal had said that investments would be put into the power sector especially for the north eastern states. The extent of investment, the minister had said in May this year would be more than 9, 000 crores.
Asserting that the government’s priority was to focus on development of backward regions, the statement from the minister had sttaed: “Investment of Rs.9,865 crore approved for upgrading power systems in eight north eastern states (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura). Transmission line approved with investment of Rs.26,000 crore to evacuate power to southern region from western region.”
