Fix power outages in Etawah, Mainpuri: Minister to officials

LUCKNOW: UP power minister Shrikant Sharma on Friday inspected power substations in Etawah and Mainpuri, the political bastion of Samajwadi Party, and told officials to address the problem of power outages immediately.
The inspections came amid BJP government’s promise to provide power supply without any discrimination. BJP has often accused the Akhilesh government of restricting round-the-clock power supply only in a few pockets which were the bastions of the Yadav family.
Sharma asked managing director of Dakshinanchal Amit Kishore to take stock of the power supply situation and see that complaints of consumers are addressed.The minister reached Karhal substation in Mainpuri and reviewed complaints registered on 1912, took stock of rural power supply roaster and maintenance of transformers. He expressed displeasure over pending complaints regarding transformer overloading which was leading to recurrent power outages.
Sharma met residents of Saifai sub-station. He asked power officials to replace dysfunctional transformers so that the problem of prolonged power outages could be resolved. Sharma chose the occasion to hit out at the previous SP government, accusing it of not being able to meet the ever rising demand for power. He said that the BJP government has been wheeling in 23,000MW in comparison to 16,000MW during Akhilesh government.