The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Corporation Limited (MSEDCL) has set up electricity connections at 65 households in Songav village in Phaltan taluka. Most of the people here are farm labourers and several live below the poverty line. As part of the Pradhan Mantri Soubhagya Yojana-Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar scheme, free-of-cost electricity connections are being offered to people below the poverty line.

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Maharashtra: 65 houses in Phaltan village get electricity for the first time

Source : The Indian Express

Link : http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/maharashtra-65-houses-in-phaltan-village-get-electricity-for-the-first-time-5172186/