JAMMU: Villagers in six remote habitations of Kishtwar district in Jammu & Kashmir finally saw a light bulb glow in their homes seven decades after the country set forth to chart its own destiny.
Remote habitations including Pethgam, Bungam, Chinab, Dindoo, and Watsar in the mountainous Chatroo sub-division of Kishtwar on Sunday were electrified by connecting them with the National Electricity Grid. Interestingly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on April 29, 2018, declared 100 percent electrification of the country's 600,000-plus villages, the last being Leisang in Manipur.
Kishtwar deputy commissioner Ashok Sharma visited the villages and formally declared them electrified by lighting a bulb amid elated locals. “People of the six inhabitations appreciated the efforts of the district administration for bringing light in their life after seven decades of wait. Since I took charge, I took up the matter with the executing agency and solved the pending issues, besides closely monitoring the progress of the work on a daily basis, providing all logistic support to the JPDCL team and the executing agencies involved in the project," he said.
Families in the remote villages on Sunday got together and celebrated the moment. “Children appeared as joyful as the elderly, who had been waiting in excitement to see their homes brighten ever since the work resumed some three months ago,” the DC added.