384 poles out, 800 homes connected: How Bhagwant Mann’s Satauj rewired itself underground

A few metres away, workers engaged by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) are uprooting a cemented electricity pole and carrying it towards an open ground near the village’s 66-kV sub-station.When 61-year-old Ram Singh points towards a white pipe fixed to the wall of his house, there is little to suggest that an electricity cable is running through it.