Thiruvananthapuram: A high-level meeting held here on Friday has decided to make arrangements on a war footing for providing electricity connection to 60 adivasi settlements in the state where electricity is still a piped dream.
The meeting attended by power minister K Krishnan Kutty and SC/ST development minister K Radhakrishnan decided to prepare an action plan to meet the target in six months.
The action plan would explore alternative mechanisms too for establishing power connectivity in settlements in deep forests and hostile terrains.
“A state-level committee with government secretaries concerned would be set up towards the time-bound realisation of the project.
District collectors and district tribal officers and KSEB officials would be part of the district committees.
An action plan in this regard would be finalised in a month,” said a statement from the power minister’s office.
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