新奇事件簿 印度村庄的通电之旅（在线收听）

All villages in India now have electricity. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement on Monday. He said the final village in the country to get electricity was the remote Leisang village in the state of Manipur. The village was connected to the grid on Sunday. Electrification of all villages in India was one of the government's biggest promises. Mr Modi thanked everyone involved in the electrification project. He tweeted: "April 28, 2018 will be remembered as a historic day in the development journey of India....We fulfilled a commitment, due to which, the lives of...Indians will be transformed forever. I am delighted that every single village of India now has access to electricity."

现在每个印度村庄都已通电。印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪周一宣布了此消息。他说印度最后一个通电的地方是位于曼尼普尔区的一个偏远村庄Leisang。该村于在周天连上了电网。印度全村电气化是政府最大的承诺之一。莫迪对每个参与电气化项目的人表示感谢。他在推特中写到：“2018年4月28日将是印度发展旅程中历史性的一天... 我们实现了这个承诺，印度人民的生活将会因此而改变。我很高兴现在每个印度村庄都能用电了。”

In 2015, PM Modi promised he would give 18,000 villages access to electricity for the first time. Mr Modi said a village is electrified when it has the basic power lines and 10 per cent of houses and public places (including schools, administrative offices and health centres) have power. While Mr Modi is happy with the progress made, many people say there is a lot more work to be done. The World Bank says 200 million Indians still lack access to electricity. The "India Today" newspaper found that many villages still lacked electricity. One villager told its reporters: "The darkness creates a big problem for the village as it is frequented by elephants."

2015年，莫迪总理承诺将让18000个村庄首次通电。莫迪说当一个村庄装配了基本输电线， 10%的家庭和公共场所（包括学校、行政办事处和健康中心）都能用上电了，这个村庄就算是通电了。莫迪对此项目进程表示开心，许多人说还有很多工作需完成。世界银行称两亿印度人仍然没有用上电。《今日印度》报发现许多村庄仍没有通电。一位村民告诉记者：“黑暗给这个村子带来了巨大的麻烦，因为村庄常有大象出没。”