Doda village gets electricity for first time

Jammu, January 17

Ganouri-Tanta village in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir saw the light of an electric bulb for the first time on Sunday, ending the decades of darkness from the lives of the villagers.

The electrification work of the village was taken up on the order of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, after a group of locals put forward the demand before him at the last LG Mulaqaat programme, an official spokesperson said.

The LG asked the Doda district administration to ensure electrification of the village within a month. The task was completed in a record time of 15 days.

To celebrate the historic moment with the villagers, District Development Commissioner (DDC) Sagar D Doifode visited the village and formally declared it as electrified by lighting a bulb amid huge rounds of applause, the spokesperson said. — PTI