Uttar Pradesh may get 24X7 electricity during sweltering summer months ahead.

We hear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed Principal Secretary Nripender Mishra and Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha to look inot the state's power generation and supply issue. They will be in consultation with the power ministry and the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh. At least four adjacent states will give extra power to UP this summer and ensure continuous power supply.


A promise of unrestricted electricity supply was one of the mandates of the BJP's and especially PM Modi's election rallies in the state. Power generation and supply is the basis on which UP can be kept happy, the party feels.

Now that the BJP has got a mandate in the state, the PM has asked these top officials to work out the logistics involved. And what better platform for the new UP CM to take oath?