India, May 25 -- Thirty-six families in northeast Delhi's Harsh Vihar have received regular electricity connections after waiting since 2018.

Officials said around 50 to 60 houses had come up in the locality by 2018, but regular electricity connections could not be provided because land for an electric sub-station (ESS) was unavailable. Residents said several families had relied on temporary and unorganised arrangements for years.

The families met chief minister Rekha Gupta at Jan Seva Sadan on Sunday and thanked her for resolving a long-pending issue that had left many residents without regular power for nearly eight years.

The issue was raised during a public grievance hearing in December last year, after which Gupta directed officia...