Tag: Electrification

After 75 years of India’s independence, Dungurisaghi village under Mayurbhanj’s Kusumi block lit up for the very first time as the Odisha government electrified the village on Monday.

The State government has begun putting electricity poles and installing transformers on a war footing at Murmu’s village in Dungurisahi under Mayurbhanj’s Kusumi block.

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Jual Oram today wrote to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking his intervention for speedy electrification of 347 un-electrified villages in the State. Oram requested the Chief Minister to issue required instructions to concerned departments to ensure electrification of the un-electrified villages. “A total of 2,986 villages in the country are yet to […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today issued a direction to officials to provide electricity to all villages in Odisha by June 2018, official sources said. Patnaik issued this direction while reviewing progress in rural electrification activities in the state. He directed to complete electrification in all the partially electrified villages before June 2018, said Odisha’s […]

Bhubaneswar: In-charge of Odisha BJP Arun Singh today targeted the Odisha government and sought reply on a host of issues which reflects the government’s callousness and incompetence. Ahead of the Panchayat Polls, Singh slammed the ruling BJD asking why the beneficiaries are deprived of the ration cards? Why farmers are not getting right price in […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday asked the officials of Energy department to provide electricity to all villages across the state by March, 2017. While reviewing the status of rural electrification projects at state secretariat here, the chief minister directed to expedite the process to meet the deadline of ensuring electricity to each and […]

The Union Power Ministry electrified 245 villages of the country including 77 in Odisha during the first week of February under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna

New Delhi: The railways ministry is looking at ways to speed up the electrification process as it would help cut down Rs 16,000 crore expense on diesel, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today. He said the ministry is consulting all the people who are involved in the electrification process. The important things which are involved in […]

Bhubaneswar, Apr 8 (PTI) National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has decided to install solar electrification systems in 163 periphery villages in tribal dominated Damanjodi sector of Odisha’s Koraput district, where the company’s Mines & Refinery Complex is located. The Rs 9-crore project would be executed through Nalco Foundation, the CSR arm of the company. The Foundation […]