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Let there be light, 18-24 hour power supply in Yogi's UP
April 11, 2017
The Uttar Pradesh Government has ordered 18-hour power supply in villages and 24 hours in district headquarters of the state.
This
decision was taken in the second Cabinet meeting chaired by Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath earlier in the day.
"It is
the dream of BJP chief Amit Shah and the Chief Minister that every
house, every poor and every village get power by 2018," Uttar Pradesh's
Power Minister Shrikant Sharma told the media after the Cabinet meeting.
Sharma
said the BJP government had successfully provided uninterrupted 24-hour
power supply at all "shaktipeeths" during the Navratri festival that
ended last week.
Besides ordering 18-hour power supply in the
villages and 24 hours in district headquarters of the state, Adityanath
has also directed the officials to ensure there is uninterrupted supply
to villages from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to ensure that students preparing for
the exams are not disturbed.
Fulfilling its promise of waiving
off farmers' loans, Adityanath-led government had in the first Cabinet
meeting announced a Rs. 36,000-crore waiver package for small and
marginal famers with a land holding of five acre and less.
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