Ensure uninterrupted power between 6pm and 7am, UP CM tells officials

LUCKNOW Amid the prevailing electricity crisis caused by coal shortage in thermal plants, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed energy department officials to ensure uninterrupted power supply in villages and cities between 6pm and 7am.

“This is the festive period and it is necessary to provide uninterrupted power to people during night,” he said while holding a video conference with top energy department officials, divisional commissioners, DMs and ADGs here at his residence.

The CM also directed the UPPCL chairman to intensively review the availability of coal in the thermal plants and act accordingly.