Yogi Adityanath govt. sets timeline to make power plants

To improve the state's power supply, the Yogi Adityanath administration has created a timeline for the operationalization of at least major coal-fired thermal power plants within the next 12 months.

P Guru Prasad, the managing director of UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (UPRVUNL), confirmed the news and informed TOl that "the best efforts" were being made to start the projects on schedule. He stated: "The necessary instructions have been given to the authorities to ensure that the projects become commercially operational within the indicated schedule.

Reports stated that the state government also expected to bring the 660 Mw unit in Panki (Kanpur) online by March next year.

In particular, the Lok Sabha elections would be fast approaching at this time.

The inauguration of power plants will give the ruling BJP ammunition to refute claims that it is not doing enough for the opposition's energy sector. In reality, while the Obra project was launched by the Mayawati administration in 2011, work began on the Jawaharpur and Ghatampur projects in 2015 and 2016 under the previous Akhilesh Yadav government.

The Panki project was also accelerated after the BJP won the 2017 election.