Bihar electrification drive involves crossing rivers and fixing bills

Bihar had, in October, declared full electrification. In 2015, Business Standard visited some villages, and now again to assess the change in a two-part series

About 75 km downstream from the Birpur barrage on the India-Nepal border, there are 84 households in the middle of the Kosi. It takes about a half an hour’s Bolero ride from Supaul town to reach the river bank, from where the journey begins on a rickety boat. 

The river level is not very high in December, but still a boat is needed to transport men, animals, motor bikes and even tractors. Waiting at the embankment across one of the spurs of the river are two