Prayagraj: Moving to rely on women’s strength to realize electricity contributions from rural residents pay off.
Choose a rural women group involved as ‘Bijli Sakhis’ (state government initiative) has resulted in collecting electricity bills worth more than Rs 49 lakh from regional rural areas.
This number has been realized from areas such as Soron, Koraon, Tables, Karchana, Kauaima and Block Development Pratappur in Prayagraj between February 1 and June 15 this year, even though the pandemic is raging.
About 102 women working in ten groups succeeded in realizing the number of defeats of 5,274 consumers, and in turn, produced Rs 2.5 lakh as commissions for themselves.
Ranjana, a 30-year-old Dhokari village population in the Pathulpur development block and the mother of two children aged 10 and 7, was busy doing her job as Bijlee Sakhi today.
Every morning, he quickly finished household work and went for his government work.
Starting at 10 o’clock in the morning, Ranjana visited the house after returning a long stretch under the sun on fire, reading the electrical meter and produced a bill on a smart device hanging on his neck.
After collecting the number of bills, he deposited it at the local power department office on all working days.
After doing it from a local degree college, this is the first time he stepped out of his house to work and support his family, just like dozens of other women who have also been employed as Bijli Sakhis in Prayagraj.
These women have been entrusted with the task of visiting rural homes, taking electrical meter readings and collecting the amount of maturity.
“After being responsible for a Bijli Sakhi, I underwent a short training about reading meters and producing electricity bills, and began working on August 2020,” he added.
“We have provided training to 115 women to work as Bijli Sakhis in Prayagraj, and 102 of them have begun to read electrical meters, generate bills and collect the amount of maturity.
The fact that they have received the RS 2.5 lakh commission for themselves in It was less than five months away even though Covid-19 was a pandemic worth clapping, “said the NRLM district mission manager, said Amit Shukla.