Question : RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN MAHARASHTRA



(a) whether all the villages of Maharashtra have been electrified;

(b) if not, the number of the villages yet to be electrified, district-wise; and

(c) the time by which all the villages of the above districts are likely to be electrified?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF POWER ( SHRIMATI JAYAWANTI MEHTA )


(a) to (c) : There are 40,412 inhabited villages in Maharashtra (1991 census). Of these, 40,351 villages have been declared as electrified. The remaining 61 un-electrified villages have not been found feasible for electrification, as per Central Electricity Authority (CEA).