A day after lakhs of smart electricity meters installed in many cities of Uttar Pradesh stopped functioning, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday ordered a probe into the matter by the state’s Special Task Force (STF).
“The CM has ordered a probe by the STF into the matter at a review meeting this morning,” Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi told reporters.
On Wednesday, lakhs of households having smart meters in cities including Lucknow, Mathura, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Meerut, and Saharanpur stopped functioning causing power supply distributions.
State-run Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) immediately swung into action and took steps to restore supply of affected consumers.
