The village of Plochnik, only 35km south of Plovdiv in the foothills of Rhodope Mountains, will be electrified for a first time, the local arm of Austria power distribution company EVN has said, as quoted by Sega daily.

It appears that not as administrative units, but rather informally, the village is split into two smaller hamlets with a total of about 80 houses. Some of them are weekend of holiday homes, but there are also permanent residents who, against all odds, have continued to live without electricity.

EVN has received 38 applications for power supply and as of now, it plans to electrify only one of the hamlets and the second, by the end of 2009. The company will invest half a million leva.

Another benefit for the village will be the building of a road connecting Plochnik to the neighbouring village of Boikovo.

After the news was published, readers reacted on Sega daily website by saying that the village was situated amid picturesque nature and the area was virtually untouched by massive construction.

Most readers however, pondered over how it was possible that in the 21st century there were still settlements in Bulgaria left without electrical supply.