Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited is working on a project to bring down line losses to 12-15 per cent by 2024-25 and strengthen the power distribution network across the state.
The UPPCL will implement the centrally-sponsored reforms-based and result-linked Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDDS) to achieve the objective of cutting down the losses.
The RDSS project will be implemented in 29 packages and Rs 13,632 crore have been allotted to five subsidiary distribution companies of the UPPCL. The work has commenced in clusters identified by the discoms and equipment and other required goods are being procured.