Till October 31 last, nearly 1.78 crore electric connections have been given since May 2011 as compared to 85 lakh in the previous 35-year Left Front rule, Power and Non-conventional Energy Minister Sobhandev Chatterjee said during the question hour.
It was an increase of over 107 per cent, he said.
Chatterjee admitted that the problem of low voltage is a fact, when the matter was raised by an opposition MLA.
The minister said it was not possible to build sub-stations keeping in pace with new electric connections.
He also said rampant hooking is also a primary cause for the poor quality voltage.
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