LET THERE BE LIGHT
Jan 30, 2021
3 minutes
By ANILESH S. MAHAJAN
Graphic by TANMOY CHAKRABORTY
In April 2018, the homes in Manipur’s Leisang village were finally electrified—among the last ones of India’s 590,000 villages to get electricity. One could argue that it took over 70 years for the country to take the access to the last man, but a significant milestone had finally been crossed.
India inherited from their British masters the installed capacity of 1,717 MW, mostly through hydroelectric plants.
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