প্রধান মন্ত্রীনা ভিদিও ব্রিজকী থোংদা লৈবাক্কী তোঙান তোঙানবা মফমশিংগী রুরেল ইলেক্ত্রিফিকেসন অমসুং সৌভাগ্য স্কিমশিংগী কান্নবা ফংলবা মীওইশিংগা ৱারী শানখ্রে

It has been 70 years since we attained Independence but 18,000 villages did not have electricity connections. This was quite unfortunate: PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia https://t.co/hitpQjiwy5

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

In 2005, the then Government promised to electrify every village by 2009. The then President of the ruling party went a step ahead & said we will bring electricity to every home. Needless to say, none of that happened during their long tenure: PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

From the ramparts of the Red Fort I announced that every village will be electrified. We walked the talk and went to every village. We not only focussed on electrification but also reformed the distribution systems across the country: PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

PM @narendramodi interacts with people from Leisang village in Manipur, which was the last among the 18,000 villages electrified. Watch. https://t.co/hitpQjiwy5

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

Now that we have electricity, we can see TV. We can also purchase heaters and our children can study better: People from Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh tell PM @narendramodi https://t.co/hitpQjiwy5

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

The coming of electricity made our children particularly happy. We could buy fans as well, which help us during the summers: People from Tripua's Dhalai tell PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

We had to go very far for work such as photocopying. The coming of electricity has enhanced convenience. When the time to pay bills came, we got very less time. Now we also pay our bill online: People from Sonitpur district in Assam tell PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

Most of the 18,000 villages were in remote areas, hilly areas, areas with poor connectivity. It was not easy to reach those villages but a dedicated team of people did it: PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

Our village, Roro in West Singhbhum District was not very well connected. We had to complete all our work before sunset. The coming of electricity changed that. Now, we also have access to water supply: People from Roro tell PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

Anita Devi from Palamu in Jharkhand tells PM that her village and home have got electricity in 2016. This changed her life forever. Hear her experiences. https://t.co/hitpQjiwy5

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

Children from our village had never seen what electricity is. Now we have access to so many facilities: Lalita Nayak, Narayan Nayak from Rayagada in Odisha tell PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

One of the priorities for us is the development of Eastern India. About 14,500 villages out of 18,000 villages not electrified were in Eastern India. We have changed that.

Eastern India can play an even bigger role in India's development journey: PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

For the first time we got a PM who cares for us and electrified our village. We had to walk so much for kerosene. We could not study. All this has changed: Aarti Sharma from Jammu and Kashmir tells PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

During Diwali in 2016 we got electricity. It felt like a double celebration. Before electrification, I had no employment but now I got a job as a Bank Mitra in my own village: a citizen from Tehri Garhwal tells PM @narendramodi #PoweringIndia

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) July 19, 2018

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