<p class="title">The work on providing continuous power supply to rural India under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana is moving at a snail’s pace in Mudigere taluk. As a result, over 460 families are still living in darkness. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana was implemented to ensure that every household is provided with electricity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mudigere taluk has more than 460 households without electricity connections. After the authorities approved the list of beneficiaries, the people dreamt of getting electricity connections at the earliest. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Unfortunately, owing to the negligence of authorities, the scheme has not been effectively implemented even after a year. </p>.<p class="bodytext">A Bengaluru based firm was given the contract to instal electricity poles under the scheme. Accordingly, the work commenced as per the beneficiary list of the villages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Each household was to get one bulb and a plug point under the scheme. Owing to negligence, even non-beneficiaries were given electricity connection. A majority of the beneficiaries of the scheme were from SC/ST communities. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Tribal leader Prasanna said, “Money was collected for providing electricity connections to non-beneficiaries. In spite of appealing to complete the work, no measures have been taken so far.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">He warned of filing a case under the atrocity act if the authorities failed to provide electricity connections to the beneficiaries at the earliest. </p>
<p class="title">The work on providing continuous power supply to rural India under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana is moving at a snail’s pace in Mudigere taluk. As a result, over 460 families are still living in darkness. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana was implemented to ensure that every household is provided with electricity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mudigere taluk has more than 460 households without electricity connections. After the authorities approved the list of beneficiaries, the people dreamt of getting electricity connections at the earliest. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Unfortunately, owing to the negligence of authorities, the scheme has not been effectively implemented even after a year. </p>.<p class="bodytext">A Bengaluru based firm was given the contract to instal electricity poles under the scheme. Accordingly, the work commenced as per the beneficiary list of the villages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Each household was to get one bulb and a plug point under the scheme. Owing to negligence, even non-beneficiaries were given electricity connection. A majority of the beneficiaries of the scheme were from SC/ST communities. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Tribal leader Prasanna said, “Money was collected for providing electricity connections to non-beneficiaries. In spite of appealing to complete the work, no measures have been taken so far.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">He warned of filing a case under the atrocity act if the authorities failed to provide electricity connections to the beneficiaries at the earliest. </p>