UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav formally inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of as many as 635 primary sub stations of 400 kv, 200 kv, 132kv and 33 kv capacity here on Saturday. The total cost of the substation is estimated to be Rs 4,000 crore. CM said the government is vigorously pursuing its agenda under RsVision 2016’ for ensuring 24 hour power supply in big cities, 22 hours in district headquarters and 16 hours in Tehsil and villages. He said with the completion of these sub stations SP government will fulfill the promise it made to the people during the 2012 state assembly elections.
Irked over the frequent disruption in power generation in 500 MW Anpara D thermal power plant in Sonbhadra district, chief minister lashed out at the Central public sector undertaking BHEl for the sub standard quality of the power generation equipment supplied by it.
RsRsThe quality of the equipment supplied by the BHEl is appalling as the plant ever since its inauguration in March last has never run its full capacity due to frequent snags. At the same time several thermal power plants established by the private sector are very efficient and are generating power as per their installed capacity’’ said the CM. The BHEl was awarded the contract on turnkey basis and had supplied boiler, turbine and generator for the plant with total power generation of 1,000 MW with two units of 500 MW each. The Anpara D plant is owned by the UP Thermal power generation corporation.. CM had inaugurated the first unit of 500 MW on March 31 last. The second unit of 500 MW was slated to be commence generation by the end of July but it is yet to be commissioned.
Rebutting the criticism of his government by the opposition parties CM said 11 never in the history of the state over 2,000 MW of additional power generation capacity was created in a short span of three years, yet opposition has only brickbats for us. We are not scared people are the ultimate judge and they will give a fitting reply in next assembly elections in 2017’’
Asking the party cadres to work for propagating the achievements of the SP government CM said RsRs it we could apprise each and every household in the state then I am confident that the people of the state would give one more chance to us and reelect the Samajwadi party back to power’’.
listing the achievements of his government CM said the SP government besides working for the overall uplift of the farmers and the rural people is actively the development work in urban areas. RsRs If the government has cleaned the river Gomati and beautified the riverfront the government is also providing free irrigation to the farmers’’. said the CM.