Reiterating his commitment to provide quality electricity to consumers Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that officials have been asked to give 16 hour electricity in rural areas and 24 in urban areas post-October this year.
"It is our resolve to give quality electricity to industries, farm sector and domestic consumers and therefore the officials should ensure completion of all projects in time," Yadav said in his directive to the officials.
Government spokesman said in a statement issued here on Tuesday that from October the rural areas will get 16 hour electricity, Tehsil headquarters 20 hour, district headquarters 22 hour and metro cities and KAVAl towns 24 hour power supply.
"To achieve this target the generation, transmission and distribution sectors have been spruced up. New sub-stations of 132 Kv has been set up. This will ensure proper distribution with minimum transmission loss," the spokesman said.
New sub-stations have come up in Jalaun, Aurriya, sant kabir nagar, hapur, greater noida, sikandrabad, Sitapur and dharauhra. "All these areas were facing low voltage problem and this has been solved now," he said.