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Saubhagya’ scheme running with full pace in J&K

Vikas Sharma. Dated: 11/17/2018 11:26:32 AM

Officials committed to achieve the objective before the fixed deadline

Vikas Sharma
Jammu, Nov 16
To fulfill the dream seen by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PDD department has intensified its special drive for electrification of left-out un-electrified households.
In this regard the officials of EMRE-III, Jammu held many awareness-cum-registration camps at various parts of the state. In these camps, a large number of people participated, who availed free electricity connections on-the-spot as per the guidelines of the scheme.
Pertinent to mention here that the power ministry has announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh for state utilities employees and a grant of Rs 50 crore for discoms which will meet household electrification target under Saubhagya scheme at the earliest.
Under the Rs 16,320 crore Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – ‘Saubhagya’ scheme launched last year in September, the government aims to electrify all 3.6 crore un-electrified households by December-end.
In this regard for the earliest accomplishment of this project the ministry has formed different group of states based on the parameters like geography and number of households to be electrified. Among each group, the state completing the task of 100 per cent household electrification at earliest will be rewarded. In each group, only the top performer will be rewarded. The move is aimed at incentivising state discoms to compete against each other to give a push to achieve the objective of 100 per cent household electrification under ‘Saubhagya’ Scheme.
The Nodal Officer also informed that all those households across the State which are not covered under the ongoing DDUGJY/ PMDP schemes will be connected under the Saubhagya Scheme.
Talking with the Young bites a top PDD official informed that in Jammu District we are committed to ensure 100 per cent electrification by the deadline of December 2018, the electrification works including erection of infrastructure are being carried out in parallel along with the release of electricity connections in a fast track manner.
“Block-wise targets have been fixed in respect of the concerned PDD Divisions and special dedicated teams have been constituted to devise and execute the action plan. Going by the present trend/ response from the masses, we hope to achieve 100 per cent saturation of household electrification ahead of the timeline,” he said.
“Terming electricity as the basic need, he called upon the people to come forward and participate in the camps where electricity connections are being provided at their doorsteps, to avail benefits of the scheme for their own economic upliftment,” he maintained.