Haryana’s power distribution companies Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) and Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) have started supplying 24-hours uninterrupted electricity to another 201 villages in the State.
With this, total number of villages on 24-hour supply reaches 4463, which is nearly two-third of the total number of villages.
A spokesman of DISCOMs said that UHBVN is supplying round-the-clock electricity in 2637 villages through its 528 feeders. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had launched ‘Mhara Gaon-Jagmag Gaon’ scheme in 2015.
Under this scheme, old power cables in the village are replaced with new armoured cables, old and non functioning meters are replaced and villagers are urged to pay the outstanding electricity bills.
As soon as the line loss decreases, supply to the village is increased in a graded manner leading finally to uninterrupted supply on urban pattern.
Currently hundred percent villages in nine districts - Pachankula, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Gurugram, Faridabad, Sirsa, Rewari and Fatehabad - are getting 24-hour electricity supply as part of ‘Mhara Gaon Jagmag Gaon scheme.
