Garanji village in Mulchera taluka, 40 kilometres away from Chamorshi (the taluka headquarters) has been in dark for so long that people could not believe their eyes when uninterrupted power supply from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd (MSEDCL) for the first time, lit up their lives literally, this week.
Elated, they distributed sweets, celebrating the illumination with drumbeats and erected welcome arches all over the village.
Within days, several villagers have bought lamps and electric bulbs apart from other equipments to facilitate their basic needs.
The Adiwasi Parishad, a local tribal organisation had even lodged a complaint in this regard with the Human Rights Commission which had started an independent enquiry and had sought report from the district administration.
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"We are delighted to have been able to bring electricity to this village, where people were living in darkness for so many decades.The villagers were also very happy to have round-the-clock power supply," the SDO said.
Very recently, the villagers along with the school Headmaster Vijay Karkhele had called on the District Collector Abhishek Krishna urging him to provide electric supply and other facilities. On his directives, the officials swung into action and began the process.
As there was a shortage of labourers, villagers themselves pitched in and helped officials to dig trenches for raising electric poles.