As Odisha gears up to meet additional power demand of 3517 Mw for rural electrification during the 12th Plan, it is facing a challenge to raise Rs 7500 crore needed to create matching transmission infrastructure.

The additional internal power demand of 3517 Mw is projected to be created by rural electrification taken up under Rajeev Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) and Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana (BGJY). This is over and above the current peak power demand of the state pegged at 3500 Mw.

More than 500 villages will be initially electrified though promotion of clean and renewable solar energy through photovoltaic process.

PALPA, JAN 13 - Residents of Kachal VDC in the district were recently connected to the central power line, bringing electricity to the village, thanks to the government’s rural electrification prog

Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus and his team at the Grameen Shakti hosted a unique celebration in Dhaka on Wednesday evening to mark the setting of a milestone by installing one-million solar sy

SHILLONG, Dec 28: During the five years period from 2006-2011, only 35 villages in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya were electrified.

Difficult terrains, delays in nods, inhabitations in wildlife sanctuaries major impediments to power supply electricity