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  • BJP government ruined UP’s power system: Akhilesh Yadav

    BJP government ruined UP’s power system: Akhilesh Yadav

    Lucknow (IANS) | Samajwadi Party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav has said that the BJP government has ruined the electricity system of the state. Availability of electricity is only on paper. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav said in his statement on Wednesday that the public is crying foul due to undeclared power cuts in the BJP government, which claims 24-hour power supply. People are boiling in the heat even after paying the expensive electricity bill. Life in the state has been thrown out of gear due to the scorching heat. Unaware of people’s problems, BJP leaders are pretending to eat tiffin.

    SP chief Akhilesh said that it was already known that this year there will be severe heat. Accordingly, the government had to prepare. This government has been in power for six years but BJP has not done anything to overcome the power crisis. Due to government inefficiency, the power system has completely derailed.

    He said that there is no fixed time for electricity to come and go in the cities. There is chaos in the electricity department. The crisis of electricity is becoming very heavy for the farmers in the villages. In the Prime Minister’s own parliamentary constituency, instead of 24 hours, electricity is coming for 24 hours a week.

    He said that transformers are blowing every day as soon as they are overloaded. There is power cut without schedule. In the capital Lucknow, along with frequent tripping of electricity, there is a crisis of electricity and water for two to three days due to blowing of transformers at many places. Due to less power shortage.

    Akhilesh said that since the BJP has no connection with the sufferings of the people, the Chief Minister never felt the need to pay attention to the power generation in relation to the increasing demand. Not even a single unit of electricity was produced during the 6 years of BJP government.

    –IANS

  • BJP government misused Jal Jeevan Mission funds: Agnihotri

    BJP government misused Jal Jeevan Mission funds: Agnihotri

    Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri today said in the Assembly that the previous BJP government had misused funds under the Jal Jeevan Mission to purchase pipes worth Rs 2,000 crore to get political mileage in the last Assembly elections.

    Bhattiyat MLA Kuldeep Pathania and Dharamsala MLA Sudhir Sharma had sought information on the issue during the Question Hour. Agnihotri said, “Government funds were blatantly misused for purchasing pipes from 13 firms just to retain power but even that did not help the BJP.”

    Agnihotri, who also holds the Jal Shakti portfolio, said that the previous BJP government instead of enhancing water sources to ensure proper supply laid thrust on purchasing pipes. This was tantamount to misuse of public money. “The Jal Jeevan Mission was to end in 2024 but the previous BJP government was in a hurry to secure political dividends and the scheme ended two years in advance,” he alleged.

    Kuldeep Pathania said, “The government must clarify whether the pipes were purchased on the recommendation of the purchase committee with quality checks, as one can see piles of pipes dumped all across the state.” He claimed that the quality of pipes remained the same but the names of firms based in Odisha, Delhi and Ghaziabad kept changing.

    Dharampur MLA Chander Shekhar said that the government should come out with a White Paper on the purchase of pipes by the Jal Shakti Department to present a clear picture. “The fact that you (Chander Shekhar) won the election from Dharampur is the biggest White Paper on the purchase of pipes,” said Agnihotri.

    To questions asked by Paonta Sahib MLA Sukh Ram Chaudhary and Naina Devi MLA Randhir Sharma, Agnihotri informed the House that 9.22 lakh water tap connections had been given under the Jal Jeevan Mission and only 36,463 connections were pending. “Today, the situation is like ‘Nal bin jal’, as the previous government had installed taps without enhancing water sources,” he said.

    The Deputy Chief Minister assured the members that though the Jal Jeevan Mission had ended, the department would give tap connections on demand to everyone. He refuted BJP allegation that all works in the Jal Shakti Department had come to a standstill, as the payments of contractors had been stopped.