The Minister also revealed that about 650 villages that had been electrified recently were, in fact, uninhabited. About 4,100 villages are officially pending under the rural electrification programme and while some States have found more revenue villages where electrification hasn’t happened, Mr Goyal said it was more surprising that there were villages that are officially electrified but have no residents. This very surprising to me and we have now found that 650 villages were found to be uninhabited across the country,” he said. Also Read Power Minister orders black out of absentee States“Yesterday, I spoke to three to four chief ministers where paperwork is getting delayed. The Power secretary shall speak to the Home secretary to see if States (affected by Maoist activities) can be helped,” Mr Goyal said.

Source: The Hindu May 03, 2017 15:14 UTC