Taking a serious view on power theft, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that those villages where power pilferage was high would not get 24x7 supply. He also declared that the entire of Uttar Pradesh will be declared ‘Open Defecation Free’ (ODF) by October 2018.
Addressing a function on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day in lucknow on Monday, the CM made it clear that those villages where power theft continued will not get 24-hour supply as promised by the government. “It is better that every household installs meters so that power theft could be prevented,” he said.
The UP Government has declared that all the villages in UP will get 24x7 electricity by November, 2018.
“The BJP Government is committed to provide quality power to its consumers. We will be able to fulfill the commitment only if transmission loss and power theft is minimum. In villages, power pilferage is high. It will be the responsibility of the Gram Panchayat to ensure that power which a particular gram sabha gets, is metered,” Yogi said in his address.
“We have ended the VIP culture in power distribution as earlier only four districts were given 24-hour supply while the rest 71 had to face problems,” Yogi said adding that now all 75 districts would get equal share and the Gover-
nment has decided to supply 24-hour power supply by 2018. The Chief Minister also said that the entire state would be ODF by October 2018.