18 lakh power connections by 2015
The Rural Electrification Board (REB) is expected to launch a project to provide 18 lakh new connections in next four years as part of a massive government campaign to cover all the villages under the government's Vision 2021 programme.
“We are doing necessary ground work and preparation for providing 18 lakh new connections under the project by 2015,” REB chairman Moin Uddin told the news agency yesterday.
He said the infrastructures to bring 18 lakh people under electricity coverage would be built through all the REBs nationwide 70 Palli Biddyut Samity areas while the development was expected to boost rural economy and poverty elimination.
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