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Mulayam asks officials to check power theft

LUCKNOW: Concerned over the acute power shortage, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday directed power utility officials to deal with the crisis, including by checking electricity pilferage.

Taking a note of the complaints about unscheduled power cuts received from different parts of the State, he asked the officials to prepare a special work plan to check power thefts.

He said the functioning of the Power Department would be reviewed at a high-level meeting to be held on February five next month.

Meanwhile, the power crisis in the State deepened owing to a decline in thermal generation and increase in demand, power corporation sources said.

Two units of Obra thermal power plant had developed snags and the thermal production was only 2,000 MW, they said, adding that the shortfall continued in spite of a huge import from the central sector.- PTI

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