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Uttar Pradesh : Yogi Adityanath govt works to make UP Aatmanirbhar in Power Generation

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath plans to make Uttar Pradesh self – reliant in power generation. UP will 10 new thermal power plants to the state over the next three months. Critics view this as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh following the mantra of Aatmanirbhar Bharat given by Prime Minister of Bharat Narendra Modi.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath plans to make Uttar Pradesh self – reliant in power generation. UP will 10 new thermal power plants to the state over the next three months.

The ten new thermal power stations planned for the state include the

561 MW Ghatampur Unit-1 (by July 2024),  400 MW Singrauli Stage Three Unit-1 (by August 2027) and 400 MW Singrauli Stage Three Unit-2 (by August 2027) among the ten thermal power plants planned to added.

The various states of Bharat have experienced demand for power supply this year.

According to the Grid India Power Supply Report, on June 10, 2024, once again Uttar Pradesh has surpassed states like Maharashtra-Gujarat and secured the first position by supplying the highest amount of 28,889 MW of electricity in the country.

Although the Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharat has achieved the feat of power connections to 100% house-holds in the initial years of his second-term and a target of 24×7 electricity supply to all households was set by PM Narendra Modi.

Although all the states of Bharat do not supply 24×7 electricity, particularly 24×7 rural power supply. Currently, the average power supply in India is for 23.5 hours per day in the urban areas and 20.5 hours in the rural areas. 

There are a few ways to provide 24×7 electricity to the nation, where apart from making discoms foccus on enhancing the quality and reliability of their supply and maintenance services, the key lies with feeder segregation also.

Feeder segregation can be inferred as separating power supply between domestic and irrigation purposes.

In this critical aspect as well, Uttar Pradesh lies in the list of top achievers with More than 65 per cent of the total feeders in UP have already been separated.

As per Consumer Service Rating of Discoms (CSRD) Report FY 2022-23, there has been improvement in the number of DISCOMs securing better grading for the services delivered by them to the consumers. For the year 2023-24, Uttar Pradesh’s DISCOMs Noida Power Company Limited (NPCL) found a place in the  A+ category.

(source – PIB)

Consumer Service rating of DISCOMs (CSRD) was launched by Hon’ble Power Minister in 2022 To help DISCOMs self-evaluate their performance and also compare it with their peer DISCOMs and national averages. The exercise delves into key parameters of consumer services viz. operational reliability; connection services; metering, billing & collection services and fault rectification & grievance redressal.

(Source – PIB)

The above parameters is among the most critical parameters in ensuring 24×7 power supply

Critics view this as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh following the mantra of Aatmanirbhar Bharat given by Prime Minister of Bharat Narendra Modi.