Yogi govt. orders 24-hour power supply in district headquarters,electricity in all villages by 2019

Yogi govt. orders 24-hour power supply in district headquarters & electricity in all villages by 2019

LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today ordered 18-hour power supply in villages, 20-hour at tehsil level and in Bundelkhand region besides deciding to ink a pact with the Centre to ensure electricity in all UP villages by 2019.    

A meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Adityanath, the second since he assumed office last month, also decided that district headquarters will get 24-hour power supply, Power Minister Shrikant Sharma told reporters here after the three-hour-long meeting.    

The chief minister directed the power department to ensure that defective or burnt transformers are replaced expeditiously in rural areas so that agricultural operations do not suffer, he said.