UP power situation likely to ease; extra 2,000 MW arranged

Uttar Pradesh is likely to see a slight let-up in its power crisis from Sunday. The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL), the umbrella body of all the state discoms, has made arrangements for additional 2,000-megawatt (MW) electricity from different sources to tide over the demand-supply gap.

According to UPPCL chairman M Devraj, apart from mobilising 400 MW of hydro power from Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh, the state would be getting around 325 MW power from MP and another 300 MW from Rajasthan on a banking basis.