Centre seeks Arunachal govt's support for rural electrification

New Delhi, January 17 (IANS): The central government on Wednesday sought the support of the Arunachal Pradesh government for expeditious completion of the rural electrification programme under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gramjyoti Yojana. Union Power Secretary Ajay Bhalla along with senior officers of Power Ministry and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd called on Chief Minister Pema Khandu here. Out of the 319 villages which were to be electrified on the grid mode, 204 have already been electrified and 115 villages remain to be electrified, an official statement said.   Apart from this, 901 villages are being electrified on the off grid mode through household solar power installations.