Preparations have been made to announce 'Complete Electrification Zone' within the coming June 15 by providing electricity service to all the houses in 6 districts of Lumbini Province. Nepal Electricity Authority Lumbini Province Office Butwal said that the work of electrification is continuing in the houses without electricity and after each house gets electricity, the complete electrification area will be announced.

"The line extension work is being done by searching for houses that have not received electricity from 11 distribution centers under the provincial office of the authority," said Hariprasad Pandey, head of the Lumbini province of the authority. "We have also notified to inform immediately if there are any houses that are yet to be electrified or missing." The announcement has been prepared. So far, the number of household electricity customers in these districts is 5 lakh 29 thousand.

For the declaration of 'full electrification area', the authority estimates that the number of houses without electricity in these areas is around 500. Incidentally, at present, work is being done to supply electricity to the houses of Sitganga Municipality-11 and 9 of Arghakhanchi, Bardghat, Butwal and Kapilvastu of Nawalparasi. "Although it is possible to announce complete electrification after more than 95 percent of homes are electrified, this time it is going to be announced after reaching 100 percent of homes," said Pandey. Parasi Distribution Center is searching for houses without electricity. An employee of the authority said that there is a problem that some local people's representatives of Terai do not recommend complete electrification while demanding that there should be a separate arrangement of electricity for irrigation even in villages that are completely electrified.