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Now, across the country we have about 60,000 houses that were yet to get power and most of them are in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. About 2.55 crore houses did not have power connections. The CPRI was sanctioned in the year 2013, but was delayed allegedly due to land issues.He added that the CPRI laboratory would bring prosperity in the region. Nashik: The union minister of state for power and renewable energy RK Singh on Wednesday turned down the state government’s demand of Rs2,000 crore saying the state government was yet to fully consume the grant of Rs5,000 crore that has already been given.“I was going through the papers about grants given to the state government by Centre and saw that a large section of funds of Rs5,000 crore given were yet to be consumed. While Chandrashekhar Bawankule (state minister for energy) has demanded additional funds, I promised to give it provided the existing funds allocated were fully consumed,” Singh said.Singh was addressing a gathering at the foundation stone laying programme for Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) at Shilapur village on the outskirts of Nashik..