It will be a very happy Diwali for us this time.” Resident Ranjana Shakya said, “We have got our biggest Diwali gift in 60 years, maybe more. We have no words to express our happiness. Today (Wednesday), senior officials came to the village for the first time and assured us that each home will be electrified. Years passed and governments changed, but we remained in darkness. Thanking TOI for highlighting the decades-old plight of the village, Rajaram, a resident who claims to be 100 years old, said, “Since the past several decades, we have been trying to reach out to public representatives and local authorities. Students are unable to attend online classes and use candles to study in the evening, and women, every single day, prepare dinner before the sun sets. Residents have to travel a distance of 2 km to Raja Ka Rampur just to do basic tasks such as charging mobile phones. The village, with a population of about 300, has over 30 houses without an electric bulb. He said that the state's non-conventional energy development agency has been asked to provide solar lights for the villagers. This arrangement will remain in place for a week. He added that the generator can, for now, also be used by residents to illuminate their homes. I have also ordered temporary arrangements for illumination so that villagers can celebrate the festival of lights.” Sub-divisional magistrate of Aliganj, Manvendra Singh, said that a generator was brought in and lights installed on the main road of the village. Electrification will be done on a priority basis. We will ensure that it is completed in a time-bound manner.” District magistrate of Etah, Ankit Kumar Agrawal, told TOI: “A team, led by the sub-divisional magistrate of Aliganj and consisting of electricity department officials, was sent to the village to assess the on-ground situation. The superintendent engineer of Etah has been asked to prepare a work plan. DVVNL MD Amit Kishore said, “Work for electrification of Tulai ka Nagla has begun. Meanwhile, the local administration made arrangements to light up the village during Diwali so that residents do not have to celebrate a 'black festival' ever again. The process of setting up electricity poles will begin after Diwali. Electricity department officials said each house in the village will be lit within the next two months.

The Centre had claimed total electrification and last-mile delivery of electricity in every nook and corner of the country back in 2018. Managing director of state government-owned discom Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (DVVNL) conducted a meeting with the district magistrate and electricity department officials to work out a plan to bring power supply to perhaps one of India's last dark patches.

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