Gone are the times when electrical energy connections and uninterrupted provides had been alien issues in Uttar Pradesh the most important state within the nation. The Yogi Adityanath authorities has introduced some groundbreaking modifications in Uttar Pradesh’s electrification and within the energy technology and distribution sector within the state.
In the previous couple of years, it has been evident that the opposition within the state is pretentiously following the footsteps of the ruling social gathering. Yogi is the chief priest in Gorakshanath Peeth and visiting temples or providing prayers is part of his every day routine. In an try to belittle Yogi’s Hinduness, everyone else is on an electoral temple run. The record begins with Rahul Gandhi – the so-called Janeudhari of Dattatreya gotra – and terminates with Akhilesh Yadav – the self-proclaimed descendent of Lord Krishna.
On the same notice, when Yogi Adityanath and Narendra Modi had been inaugurating numerous growth initiatives accomplished within the state, Akhilesh Yadav was claiming the credit score for kickstarting every one of many initiatives. Now, obnoxious claims and guarantees are being made by Samajwadi Party and its CM candidate Akhilesh Yadav, relating to the state of affairs of energy provides and electrical energy payments within the state.
Along with so many issues promised totally free, the Samajwadi Party has added electrical energy to the record and the SP is attempting to determine progressive methods to impress the voter with the identical. In reality, the social gathering has already began the registration for the promised scheme. However, it’s allegedly breaching the rules laid down by the election fee of India.
Earlier, when Akhilesh Yadav was the state CM, the federal government was unable to attach each village of the state with uninterrupted connections. Electricity charges had been increased in his tenure because the state CM and the provides had been additionally irregular. After sitting on the opposition benches for 5 years, Samajwadi Party is promising free electrical energy to the folks of UP within the run-up of the upcoming meeting elections. On the opposite hand, the BJP authorities within the state below the management of Yogi Adityanath has gained the hearts of the poor and farmers by its phenomenal work within the energy technology and distribution sector.
50% leisure in electrical energy payments for farmers
In January 2022, Yogi Adityanath’s authorities introduced that there will probably be a 50% leisure in vitality payments for the farmers utilizing tube wells. No lower than 13 lakh farmers are going to be benefitted from this. Energy payments of the farmers residing within the city areas had been additionally relaxed by 50%. Also, the electrical energy charges for the metered connections have dropped down from Rs. 2 per unit to Rs. 1 per unit. For horsepower metered connections, the charges have dropped from Rs. 70 per meter to Rs. 35 per meter. Similarly, for non-metered connections, that is diminished from Rs. 170 to Rs. 85. This entire new growth within the charges is equal to a flat fifty per cent off.
The city customers are additionally benefitted from the electrical energy coverage introduced up by Yogi Adityanath. They are actually paying Rs. 3 per unit versus the sooner charge of Rs. 6 per unit. The fastened month-to-month rental charged for the meter can be halved from Rs. 130 to Rs. 65.
On this backdrop, the Samajwadi Party and Aam Aadmi Party promising a minimal of 300 items of electrical energy monthly for each connection is nothing however antilogy contemplating the previous expertise. Even in the event that they promise heavens on this regard, folks will first ask provided that the electrical energy provides will probably be common of their regime. Right now, in most components of the UP, there’s a 24-hour electrical energy provide with a nominal energy lower time right here and there.
Uttar Pradesh’s electrification below the Yogi authorities is one thing distinctive
With the Yogi Adityanath authorities within the state, getting a brand new electrical energy connection in UP is less complicated than ever. With no want to go to many various places of work, it now takes little or no time to arrange a brand new connection. There can be a single-window system to get the NOC wanted for {the electrical} connection of a small-scale enterprise. This is ensured by the ‘MSME establishment and operations act 2020’. This was handed in September 2020 by the Yogi Adityanath authorities. Before that MSME needed to coordinate with 29 departments as a way to get hold of 80 completely different NOCs.
More importantly, Yogi Adityanath is main from the entrance. In October 2021, he had given strict directions to the officers relating to common energy provides in each city and rural components of the state. More focus was given to making sure an uninterrupted energy provide from 6 PM to 7 AM. In these days, there have been speculations about coal crunch within the nation, but it surely seldom had any impact on the supply of what was promised. CM Yogi Adityanath had emphasised that folks ought to get a 24-hour electrical energy provide, particularly within the festive season. Moreover, CM Yogi Adityanath had even suspended the electrical energy board officers accountable for frequent energy cuts if any.
Free energy connection to 1.38 Cr households; connecting 1.4 lakh villages with energy grid
Yogi Adityanath authorities has carried out exceptionally nicely on the fronts of offering new free vitality connections and bringing villages on an influence grid community. As per the official data, 1.38 Cr households had been supplied with the free energy connection within the 4 and half years of the Yogi Adityanath authorities. Rural energy provides and their schedules had been ensured by roasters. It was a deliberate effort to supply 18 to 22 hours of electrical energy within the rural components of the state and a 24-hour energy provide within the city components. More than 1.4 lakh income villages and a couple of.84 lakh different villages are related to the electrical energy networks by means of ‘Saubhagya Yojana’. According to a brand new rule handed by the state authorities, the usual transformer repairing time for rural areas is 48 hours whereas that for the city space is 24 hours.
Enlightening 1.38 households in itself is a herculean process. These are the identical households that had been left behind in deep darkness when SP and BSP had been ruling the state. UP tops the nationwide chart of highest new connections offered. 7786.3 kilometers of recent 33 kV traces are put in as a way to guarantee zero issues within the transmission and distribution of electrical energy. Officers are sometimes seen patrolling at evening for uncut provides.
People of UP are joyful concerning the connections, however they’re even happier as a result of now they don’t need to face any difficulties within the electrical upkeep works in case of any issues. On seventh July 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited has equipped 55.2285 crore items of electrical energy organising a brand new report of its personal type. Almost each service relating to electrical energy is on-line and only a click on away. Yes, that is digital India’s digital UP for you in a nutshell. Poor households within the state need to pay solely Rs. 3 per unit for the primary 100 items of use.
As UP is probably the most populated state within the nation, naturally the demand goes to be the very best. To deal with the ever-increasing demand, the state authorities has determined to discover new choices of non-conventional vitality sources for the technology of electrical energy. Solar energy crops of a complete of 1535 megawatt capability value Rs 7500 Cr have been authorised within the state. India is the founding father of the International Solar Alliance. Uttar Pradesh is all set to make a most of it and set an instance for the nation in addition to the world. In the previous couple of years, the state has elevated its technology capability by 3978 megawatts out of which 1500megawatts come from the sugar factories, thereby assuring a particular low cost within the vitality payments for the farmers.
Besides, the BJP authorities within the state has introduced a significant aid to those that stay of their flats in multi-story residences. According to the brand new system, there’s a provision to attach every flat of the constructing individually. Earlier, there was a single meter for a number of flats in the identical constructing which might usually result in disputes between the society administration committees of these buildings and the tenants residing in these flats. This entire apply has come to an finish now. People residing in Ghaziabad and Noida are the particular beneficiaries of this new system of multi-point connection in an condominium wherein a separate metered connection is offered for each single flat in a constructing.
Criminals concern the luxurious gentle and thus the discount in crime charge
There had been occasions within the state when energy provides of solely 10 districts could be maintained very nicely and the remainder of the state would dwell within the darkness. Addressing this inequality, the Yogi Adityanath authorities gave precedence to the agricultural energy networks and connections. For the primary time, a CM was speaking about equal electrical energy distribution to all of the districts of the state. Akhilesh Yadav authorities had made just a few such pacts that will burden the treasury and in flip the widespread man’s pockets for nearly Rs. 5000 Cr. The Yogi Adityanath authorities cancelled all such offers inside the first 100 days of assuming the places of work. 60 lakh households which had been earlier denied any connections are actually given the electrical energy connection by the state authorities.
उन्होंने प्रदेश को अंधेरे में रखा, आज भले ही कितनी बड़ी-बड़ी घोषणाएं करें कि हम फ्री बिजली देंगे, लेकिन जब बिजली देते ही नहीं थे तो फ्री का सवाल ही पैदा नहीं होताः मुख्यमंत्री श्री योगी आदित्यनाथ#आएगी_बीजेपी_ही pic.twitter.com/sA36J1xlDN
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The state of affairs of the Uttar Pradesh energy sector is healthier understood by what Yogi Adityanath had as soon as stated after assuming cost of the CM publish. He had stated “Earlier when I used to travel by helicopter, I would notice the darkness and come to know that the helicopter has entered Uttar Pradesh. In those times, there used to be no electricity and only darkness in the night which would, in turn, invite dacoits. No FIRs would be registered for such dacoits back then.” The Yogi Adityanath authorities began by offering electrical energy connections to 100 households in Lucknow. The rely has now surged to 1.38 Cr. Complaints, if any, are registered by an SMS.
Earlier, the farmers who had been unable to pay the excessive vitality payments could be harassed by the system. Their connections could be lower down. Now the federal government has ensured that no connection of any poor farmer is lower citing such causes. On the opposite, farmers will not be solely getting elevated costs for the sugarcane however they’re additionally getting 50% concessions within the vitality payments. The authorities has issued an order to not lower the connections of these farmers who’re unable to pay the vitality payments. It have to be famous that there was an impressive invoice of Rs. 1.67 Cr from Mayawati’s home. It was instructed to be paid solely after chopping that connection and the orders had been executed.
CM of Uttar Pradesh has proved that it takes a Yogi to enlighten a state like UP which was left behind in deep darkness within the SP-BSP regime.
