UPPCL decides to simplify power providing procedure

Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has decided to simplify the procedure for providing power connections to farmers in the state.

An announcement in this regard was made by UPPCL Chairman Navneet Sehgal while meeting a group of farmers led by BKU leader Rakesh Tikait here on Tuesday.

The corporation has also decided to provide relief to farmers that have been caught on charges of power pilferage, a release issued here said, adding that for this, the corporation would come up with a scheme.

Besides this, the power connections of farmers for tube wells will also be regularised, it said.

An 'Ambedkar Krishi Sudhaar Yojana' scheme has been initiated in the state, under which there is an arrangement for an independent feeder to provide power to the villages.