Uttar Pradesh village electrified 69 yrs after Independence 
Uttar Pradesh's Majra Faqeer Khera village in Lucknow has been electrified 69 years after Independence under a special drive to electrify all the villages. Reportedly, villagers danced when the first bulb was switched on. "In this village under Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana of the Centre, only â¹21 lakh were spent for creating the power infrastructure," GM LESA Ashutosh Srivastava said.