Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday dedicated to the people 10 power transmission sub-stations and laid the foundation stones of 17 sub-stations via virtual mode.
The total cost of the 10 sub-stations dedicated to the people on Saturday is Rs 572 crore while the rest of the 17 sub-stations are estimated to cost Rs 1,347 crore.
The new sub-stations dedicated are in Bulandshahr, Muzaffarnagar, Ayodhya, Chitrakoot, Sitapur, Mirzapur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Fatehpur and Gonda.
The new transmission sub-stations will considerably strengthen the overall power transmission and the power grid network in the state and handle the load of spurt in demand for electricity during summers that is expected to cross 27,000 megawatts.
Out of the sub-stations of which the chief minister laid the foundation stones, 10 are of 220 kV capacities and seven of 132 kV capacities. These sub-stations will come up in Lucknow, Jhansi, Farrukhabad, Agra, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Meerut, Maharajganj, Bhadohi, Firozabad, Basti, Banda, Baghpat and Kushinagar.
Yogi Adityanath said the state government was working to meet the aspirations of the people and it was the result of the government's commitment that the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) was able to supply uninterrupted power to the consumers in all parts of the state.
Congratulating the UPPCL while inaugurating the sub-stations, Yogi Adityanath said that it had succeeded in strengthening the trust of the common man by promoting a better work culture.
"The power corporation has achieved a big milestone in the state in ensuring power supply amid the lockdown," he said.
"The power corporation has worked towards making arrangements for distribution of electricity within the state to every citizen, supply of electricity to district headquarters for 23- 24 hours, for 20-21 hours to tehsil headquarters, for 17-18 hours to rural areas and 20-21 hours to Bundelkhand region as well," he added.
The chief minister said that electricity was being provided to farmers of the state, and it had helped reduce the cost of farming and improve productivity.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and UP Power Minister Shrikant Sharma were present at the dedication function.
Yogi Adityanath said the present power transmission capacity available with the UP Power Transmission Corporation was 25,000 MW and there had been 53 per cent addition of fresh capacity of power transmission in the last four years.
He said power transmission projects worth Rs 1,000 crore were being implemented on PPP mode. He said the state government had in principle taken a decision for implementation of all power transmission power projects of capacity of 400 KV and above. The chief minister on this occasion held virtual dialogue with the elected people's representatives and reminded them that the consumers should pay their power bills on time to ensure uninterrupted power supply.