GUWAHATI: The country on the year-end achieved 100% household electrification in 25 states. But Assam , along with Meghalaya , Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh , are still away from the finish line.According to a government statement, about 10.48 lakh households are still left to be electrified in these four states.Assam tops the list with 5,47,309 un-electrified households followed by Rajasthan where 2,67,07 households still need to be electrified. Meghalaya has 1,08,353 households awaiting electrification. Chhattisgarh has 35,000 still left to be electrified.The Centre launched ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana’ (Saubhagya) in September, 2017, to achieve the goal of universal household electrification in the country by March 31 this year. The scheme envisages to provide last mile connectivity and electricity connections to all remaining households in rural as well as urban areas. The centre with the support of state power departments and DISCOMs have already connected about 2.39 crore households since launch of scheme.In Assam, Dhubri has the highest number of households waiting to be electrified, According to the Saubhagya dashboard, 44,152 households are still left in Dhubri district followed by Nagaon where 40,464 are yet to be electrified. Similarly 40,147 households are left to be electrified in Tinsukia district.

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