Manipur Villages Electricity

Protests erupted in two interior villages of Manipur demanding electrification of the areas reeling under darkness since Independence.

For the past few months, the villagers of Leisang watched little dots of light appear on their mountain at night and wondered when it would be their turn to finally switch from kerosene lamps to electric lightbulbs.

The mammoth task of taking electricity to every village of India has finally been achieved, the government said today. In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement, naming Leisang, a village in central Manipur's Senapati district, as the last one to receive electricity on Saturday.

Mohammad Ismat lives in a small Manipur village that gets two to four hours of electricity a day. So he had to plan his eight hours of study. For he had a dream and he realised it. Mohammad has topped the CBSE class 12 board exams, all-India, with a score of 495 out of 500.

Protests erupted in two interior villages of Manipur demanding electrification of the areas reeling under darkness since Independence.

For the past few months, the villagers of Leisang watched little dots of light appear on their mountain at night and wondered when it would be their turn to finally switch from kerosene lamps to electric lightbulbs.

The mammoth task of taking electricity to every village of India has finally been achieved, the government said today. In a series of tweets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement, naming Leisang, a village in central Manipur's Senapati district, as the last one to receive electricity on Saturday.

Mohammad Ismat lives in a small Manipur village that gets two to four hours of electricity a day. So he had to plan his eight hours of study. For he had a dream and he realised it. Mohammad has topped the CBSE class 12 board exams, all-India, with a score of 495 out of 500.