Leh: As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Union Ministry of Power, in association with the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh, is going to organise Bijli Mahotsav in Leh and Kargil districts in the last week of this month. Celebrated as ‘Ujjwal Bharat, Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power@2047’, this national programme will commence today.
Accordingly, Bijli Mahotsav will be organised at two places in each district – In Leh on 25th at Sku-Markha, on 26th at Nyoma Mudh and in Kargil on 26th at Silmo Batalik and 27th at Drass. To mark the grand finale of Bijli Mahotsav on July 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with beneficiaries of power schemes from across the country.
Bijli Mahotsav is a platform to showcase both the Centre and State government’s reforms, initiatives taken in the power sector and future course for energy security of the country.
General public, opinion makers and policy makers will be sensitised on importance of power through audio-visual media, nukkad nataks, cultural programmes, infographics display and screening of short films on the themes ‘Universal Access and Household Electrification’, ‘One Nation One Grid’, ‘Consumer Rights, Renewable Energy, Capacity Addition’, etc.
Further, participants’ views will be solicited to take the power reforms forward in line with the vision Power@2047 of the Centre.
