No electricity in Meghalaya village: CM Sangma terms it ‘unacceptable’

No electricity in Meghalaya village: CM Sangma terms it ‘unacceptable’ - The Rahnuma Daily

No electricity in Meghalaya village: CM Sangma terms it ‘unacceptable’ Shillong, May 22 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday visited Pahamjula village in the Jirang constituency of Ri-Bhoi district, where there has been no electricity for the last 18 years. The village, comprising 77 households, had been living in darkness since the transformer burst in 2007. Sangma’s visit comes after a plea from locals to intervene in r…

No electricity in Meghalaya village: CM Sangma terms it ‘unacceptable’

Shillong, May 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Thursday visited Pahamjula village in the Jirang constituency of Ri-Bhoi district, where there has been no electricity for the last 18 years. The village, comprising 77 households, had been living in darkness since the transformer burst in 2007. Sangma's visit comes after a plea from locals to intervene in repairing a transformer that had been damaged 18 years ago. Th…

Electricity returns to a village in Meghalaya after 18 years of darkness

Shillong, May 22: It is hard to imagine that despite achieving statehood 53 years ago, there are places in Meghalaya that have to wait for years, even decades, to replace a damaged transformer. Such is the story of Pahamjula village in the Jirang constituency of Ri-Bhoi district, which had been living in darkness for the past 18 years when the transformer in the village was damaged. Despite several complaints and representations for all these ye…