UP govt to formulate rules for providing power connections in floodplain areas, says minister
NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh government has planned to introduce a bill provide power connections to people living in floodplain areas in the Gautam Budh Nagar district. For this, state energy minister Shrikant Sharma has asked discom officials to conduct a survey of such areas and send a blueprint to the state government.
If the government okays power connections in floodplains, it will benefit over 1.5 lakh people of 35,000 households residing in Chotpur, Chhijarasi, Bahlolpur, Kulsera, Haldauni, Sorkha and other villages in the district.
Sharma, who was on a random inspection of the 33/11 volt amps (KVA) power sub-station in Sector 58 on Sunday, said that the decision to introduce the bill was taken in light of the long pending demands of the people residing in the floodplain areas of the district.
