After years of wait and struggle, inhabitants of Labenswar, a remote tribal dominated village in Bhawanipatna block, finally saw their houses get power supply.
Although they had earlier urged the District Electricity Committee for electrification of the village, their request was turned down as many trees and forest areas were needed to be cleared for the purpose.
But, their efforts bore fruit when under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bidyutkaran Yojana, villagers erected poles by themselves without felling any tree.
The electrification initiative was inaugurated by Kalahandi Collector Govinda Chandra Sethy on Wednesday.
The village is home to 70 households and all villagers belong to the BPL category.
Like Labenswar, 909 villages have been given power supply under the Yojana till date.
The Yojana is being implemented in the district by NTPC since 2009 with an aim to electrify 918 villages.
Besides electrification of villages, there is a target of electrifying 904 partially electrified villages and hamlets out of which, work in 346 has been completed through Wesco.
While work in the remaining 373 is over, they will be charged by year-end, said Additional General Manager of NTPC HS Prasad.
To tide over low voltage issue, district administration has decided to upgrade all transformers in the region with funds of Rs three crore from Development of Electricity and System Improvement (DESI).
Sources said under Revised Long Term Action Plan, Rs 7.25 crore have been released to Wesco to set up 33/11 KV substations at Bandhpari of Lanjigarh block, Kegaon of Golamunda block and Mohangiri of Madanpur Rampur block.
This apart, the NTPC is installing three 33/11 KV sub-stations in Thuamul Rampur, Karlamunda and Jaipatna.
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