Manipur's Leisang becomes last village to get electricity, Centre says nation fully electrified

ANI  |  Leisang (Manipur) [India] 

The Last village to be electrified under the Gram Jyoti Yojana is Leisang village located in district in

took to and wrote, " 28th April 2018 will be remembered as a historic day in the development journey of Yesterday, we fulfilled a commitment due to which the lives of several will be transformed forever! I am delighted that every single village of now has access to "

"Leisang village in Manipur, like the thousands of other villages across has been powered and empowered. This news will make every Indian proud and delighted," he tweeted.

A village is said to be electrified if at least 10% of its households, as well as public places such as schools, panchayat offices and health centers, have access to

Earlier in 2015, Centre had identified 18,452 villages to be electrified under the Gram Jyoti Yojana.

While all inhabited villages out of them have now been electrified, only 1,321 have access to power for all their households, the data on the Government's Grameen Vidyutikaran (rural electrification) website showed.

According to the 2011 census, Leisang has 12 families with 65 people.

Leisang Village of is around 80 Kms away from Imphal, in the remote area without

Modi had promised in his speech in 2015 that his government would bring to all villages within 1,000 days.

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First Published: Tue, May 01 2018. 04:50 IST