Rs. 59 million has been allocated by the Central Provincial Council for the improvement of electricity supply and to complete existing works in the rural areas of the Central Province. This will benefit 5,998 families living in the rural areas of the Central Province, said Secretary to the Central Province Ministry for Electricity and Power, and Co-operatives K.P. Karunadasa.

Three villages in East Singhbhum get solar lamps, courtesy TERI

CHENNAI: The Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), a public sector enterprise enjoying the status of

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Emphasis on promotion of biofuels can be useful for solving rural energy problems.

Hyderabad,, Sept. 1: Houses in as many as 38,000 new colonies, which do not have electricity connection, will get electricity line within the next two years. The Union government has agreed to provide funds for the electrification of all the "power-less" houses

A programme to provide electricity to 58 villages in 20 divisional secretariat areas in Galle, Matara and Hambantota districts has been launched by the Southern Provincial Ministry of Power and Energy.
Arrangements have already been made to install transformers in 14 villages to extend the power supply.
Funds amounting Rs. 29.5 million have been reserved to implement rural electrification schemes in the Galle district, Rs. 24 million for the Matara district and Rs. 18 million for the Hambantota district under the programme, Ceylon Electricity Board sources said.

BHUBANESWAR: Energy Minister Surya Narayan Patro on Thursday announced in the Assembly that electrification of all villages and hamlets in the State will be completed by the Eleventh Five- Year Plan.

To a question from Arun Kumar Sahu of BJD, the Minister said 18,017 villages and 48,172 hamlets are without electricity. Out of this, 26 villages were given electricity under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutkaran Yojana (RGGVY).

Besides, 1,629 villages/ hamlets were electrified under the Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana.

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Patiala : More than 13,000 farmers who had applied for power connections for tube wells in the general category till March 1990 may be given connections by the end of March next by the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB).

The farmers had applied for connections and had also got test reports with the PSEB by the end of March in 1990.

But the PSEB did not release connections as it was not in a position to bear the load due to power shortage.

Participants at the Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Diwas celebration held by JREDA. Picture by Hardeep Singh

Ranchi, Aug. 20: Renewable energy sources need to be tapped to solve power problems in villages across the state.

Speaking at the Rajiv Gandhi Akshay Urja Samaroh organised at the Town Hall to mark the 64th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, the chairman of Jharkhand State Electricity Regulatory Commission (JSERC), Mukhtiyar Singh, said it was time to take action.