Plight of Chakauti in Sitamarhi District

Date: Thu, July 5, 2007 3:35 am


To:

Secretary(Power)
Ministry of Power, Govt. of India
Shram Shakti Bhavan,
Ministry of Power,
New Delhi - 1




Subject: Village Chakauti in Sitamarhi District - Dark Corner of India


Dear Sir,

While we are all busy building India and its image, there are a few dark corners long neglected. Recently, I visited my home in Village Chakauti, of Bokhra Block(earlier in Nanpur Block) in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, where the villagers had deposited their initial money for electric connection years back to the Electric Supply Division Sitamarhi in 2001-2002. However, no action has actually been taken on ground to electrify the village so far.

The plight of the villagers, lack of proper education, agricultural backwardness, complete lack of industrialisation, unemployment among its youth and the sheer helplessness of all the villagers are all directly attributed to non electrification of the Village. While all the villages around Chakauti are electrified, the Village Chakauti is the lone one in the area groping in dark, facing huge number of problems due to non electrification.

I promised the villagers that I will let their plight be known to the Power Secretary in Delhi with a hope that he might activate the system to electrify our village.

The villagers of Chakauti are hopeful of action from you, Sir,

Best Regards.


Yours sincerely,


(A Villager resident abroad)