CHANDOKHA SUDIYAL, India In late April Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that his government had achieved the laudable feat of getting electricity to every village in the country, a promise he made when he stormed to electoral victory in 2014. But a visit to a village in a rural area shows that reality is lagging behind the rhetoric.
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Millions of Indians are still waiting for Modi's promised electricity
The Elephanta Island, home to the famous Elephanta Caves, finally gets electricity after a wait of 70 years, on February 22. A 7.5-km long undersea cable has finally brought electricity to the island, about 10-km from Mumbai.
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