UP govt plans uninterrupted power supply to districts with below 15 pc line losses

To curb power pilferage in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government has introduced a plan to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to districts with less than 15 per cent line losses, a minister in the state cabinet has said.

"As an incentive, the state government would ensure uninterrupted power supply in the district where line loss of power is less than 15 per cent," Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma told reporters here Saturday.

The incentive is meant for promoting and encouraging the honest consumers, he said.

The minister said the state government has prepared a comprehensive plan to provide round-the-clock power supply in every district of the state by the year 2034.

He said the process of revamping, production, transmission and distribution has been geared up.

Efforts are underway to reduce line losses and bring it down to the minimum level to a single digit, Sharma asserted.

Now account of power of every sub station, would be maintained and feeders registering more line loss ,would be identified, the minister said adding that officers responsible for more line loss would also face punitive action.

He said he would also check anomalies in more than 100 KW connections and fix responsibilities in such cases.

The target of electrification of villages and homes by forthcoming December is going on war footings, he said.