Monday, March 24, 2008

Punjab Villages Sanctioned Rs 55.86 Cr Under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Yojna

New Delhi/ Chandigarh: The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) has approved a sum of Rs 55.86 crore to accomplish diverse developmental activities including release of new domestic connections to people living below the poverty line, erection of 11 KV lines and aerial bunched cable, installation of new distribution transformers and distribution transformer meters in the villages of Panchkula, Ambala, Yamuna Nagar, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind and Jhajjar under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojna.

The Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam said almost 30 per cent of the sanctioned amount will be released shortly. The Nigam will embark on implementation of the work and apprise the activities and achievements to the quarters concerned. 90 percent of the total sanctioned amount will be financial assistance in the shape of grant to the Nigam as per salient features of the scheme. As many as 60,961 new domestic connections will be released to BPL and 1282 km. long 11 kv lines will be erected. The spokesman further stated that the REC had already sanctioned Rs. 48.48 crore for district Rohtak, Karnal, Panipat and Sonipat to implement the RGGVY.

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