Electrification of households during theBJPregime increased by four times in comparison to that in the SP regime, an internal report of UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has stated.
According to the report, an Average of 9.55 lakh households were electrified every year between 2012 and 2017, when the SP government was in power. In four years of the BJP rule, an average of 35.2 lakh households have been electrified every year.
The report also claims that the aggregate transmission and commercial (AT&C) losses, which also signify incidents of power theft, saw reduction from around 40% during the previous SP regime to around 24% at present.
Under the Saubhagya scheme alone, more than 1.4 crore households have been electrified by the since September 2017.
The report points out that around 4,130 circuit Km (cKm) of underground cabling works have been carried out in 636 towns under the Centres flagship IntegratedPower Development Scheme. In fact, 7,200 cKm overhead lines have been replaced with underground cabling, the report said.