Claiming that there was no shortage of power in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government announced in the Assembly on Friday that the Energy department could consider cheap power tariff once the financial losses ended.
However, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party members staged a noisy walkout from the Assembly, demanding immediate reduction of power tariff.
Replying to a series of questions during Question Hour on Friday, Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma admitted that though several reforms had been initiated in the Energy department which had started yielding results, yet the cash financial gap was around Rs 13,000 crore.
“We can only expect cheap power when the power sector’s loss is wiped out,” he informed the House.
