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After 75 Years, Kashmir Village Gets Electricity

After 75 Years, Kashmir Village Gets Electricity

NDTV
Sunday, January 08, 2023 07:41:20 PM UTC

The electricity has now reached this remote village with a population of just 200 people under the centrally sponsored PM Development Package scheme.

Under a centrally-sponsored scheme, residents of a tribal area in Tethan in Dooru block, Anantnag district of south Kashmir received electricity connection after almost 75 years.

The electricity has now reached this remote village with a population of just 200 people under the centrally sponsored PM Development Package scheme.

Residents of Tethan located on the hills of Anantnag were delighted when the first bulb lit in the village for the first time after almost 75 years.

For 75 years, the people of this village relied on traditional wood for their energy needs and used lamps and candlelight.

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