No Electricity yet in Hamphong punjee Lakhicherra Kalaincherra Cachar Assam

No Electricity yet in Hamphong punjee (Lakhicherra, Kalaincherra, Cachar Assam) 
Electricity yet to reach Hamphong punjee

SILCHAR, Dec 28: Even though the state government committed itself to cover all the villages of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi under rural electrification programme and the target for it expired a decade ago, the prospect of providing electricity to each household in the rural areas looks distant even in the near future. And there is justified apprehension behind it. After the much hyped rural electrification programme fizzled out without making much headway, came the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) which too is dragging its feet, being caught in controversies for its ways of work and execution.

Villages after villages, remote and isolated, plunge into darkness after dusk, making life and living difficult for the villagers. The inhabitants of these areas who live in extremely adverse situations cannot afford to keep their lamps and lanterns burning due to high cost of kerosene and its artificial scarcity created by the unscrupulous elements dealing in the petroleum products.

One such village or hamlet is Hamphong punjee, a part of Lakhicherra, under Kalaincherra post office and in the district of Cachar. The villagers despite their repeated representations to the district authorities on the issue of electrification have not been able to get any reply from them. They have pointed out that the nearby Lakhicherra punjee with a cluster of households has been electrified long ago. But, they have failed to get the electricity and they are not sure when it will be possible.

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