The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to order an inquiry into ‘buying of expensive electricity from private firms’ as alleged by the Power Consumers’ Council.
A delegation of the council met UP energy minister Srikant Sharma and demanded a probe into alleged expensive buying of power from private players in the sector.
“We informed the minister about the facts of the case and also highlighted the plight of the consumers. He has assured us that action will be taken if any discrepancies were found,” said Avdhesh Verma, president of the consumers’ council.
He said that the average rate of power purchase from private firms was Rs 4.75 per unit whereas from state production it cost around Rs 3.65 and Rs 3.46 per unit from the Centre.
