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Residents forced to live without electricity 10/24/2016 11:36:48 PM M S Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Oct 24: Residents of several villages in Poonch district are forced to live without electricity despite the central government reportedly allocating fund for electrification of the rural hamlets. The residents of four villages Tarkundi Balakote and in Bassoni panchayat and Balakote village in Mendhar in Poonch district -- said they are living without electricity even after 68 years of Independence and claimed there has been no progress on the ground despite allocation of funds by the Centre a few years ago. The Centre has claimed it provided adequate funds to all states for electrification under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana and Deen Dayal Upadhaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, they said. Officials, however, said once fund is sanctioned by the central government, the villages will be electrified. "We are waiting for the funds from Union Government under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana for hundred per cent rural electrification. As soon as we get the fund, we will electrify these villages on priority.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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