Shrikant Sharma

By increasing an effective power supply from just 200 million units to 305 million units in the rural areas every year, the state government has not only boosted prosperity, but also succeeded in checking migration from the villages to the cities, claimed energy minister Shrikant Sharma in assembly on Friday.

Power minister Shrikant Sharma said on Friday that if electricity bills are not provided to consumers for more than three months then the recovery of unpaid meter readings will be done from billing agencies.

Concerned over growing air pollution levels, Uttar Pradesh energy minister Shrikant Sharma rode a bicycle from his official residence to a power sub-station in Vrindavan Yojana for a surprise inspection on Friday morning. The power sub-station, located in Sector 5D of Vrindavan Yojana, is 10km away from Sharma’s residence on Kalidas Marg.

Energy minister Shrikant Sharma, who is also an MLA from Mathura, has written a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, drawing his attention towards the apathy of the local administration towards annual Vrindavan Kumbh slated to be held between February 16 and March 28.

The sudden transfer of Gaya College principal Shrikant Sharma put the college on the boil as teaching and non-teaching employees of the college angrily demonstrated against the transfer order outside the VC's residence late on Saturday evening.

Stressing that the satisfaction and convenience of power consumers was top priority of the BJP government, energy minister Shrikant Sharma on Monday directed discom officials to patrol the feeders and meet smart meter consumers to address their woes.

Applauding achievements of the Yogi government in past two years, minister in-charge of Bareilly district Shrikant Sharma said that the state had grabbed many top slots in the country. Sharma reached Bareilly on Thursday evening on his two-day maiden visit as the minister in charge of the district and held a review meeting with police and administrative officials at Vikas Bhavan on Friday.

UP energy minister Shrikant Sharma on Wednesday directed power department officials to be sensitive while dealing with consumers as economic activities are restored to normal with the lifting of coronavirus curfew.

Top officials of the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) were taken aback when during one of his review meetings energy minister Shrikant Sharma shared his report that at least 40 lakh consumers have not paid electricity bills for over a year.

Major reforms in the power sector and cooperation of engineering staff have for the first time resulted in record supply of over 23,400MW this week in the state, claimed energy minister Shrikant Sharma. This is about 7,000 MW more than the supply peak recorded by the previous Samajwadi Party government.

CEA has set a limit of 15 per cent Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) losses, but UP accounts for almost 32 per cent, he said.

While Shrikant Sharma, party's national secretary and Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary from Mathura have been inducted as cabinet ministers, first timer Sandeep Singh, from Aligarh, has been also given a state ministers berth.

Uttar Pradesh power minister Shrikant Sharma said on Saturday that the government’s plan to allocate one police station in each of the 75 districts to deal with power theft complaints would be implemented by the first week of February.

Addressing farmers in Ganeshra and Bakalpur in Vrindavan, state power minister Shrikant Sharma said that agricultural reforms act is the law to make farmers economically independent. Parties, which are losing political existence, are engaged in misleading farmers, but they should understand that no one can harm farmers in the regime of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BJP on Monday alleged that Congress by questioning the government's handling of the Pathankot attack was politicising the issue and retorted saying that those responsible for the problem of terrorism should not question those trying to solve it.

Energy minister Shrikant Sharma has directed the authorities to connect sub-stations up to 132 KV with the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) network for real time information regarding supply and interruption in power supply.

UP energy minister Shrikant Sharma on Wednesday said that the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) did not have enough funds to pay for the coal which is being wheeled to the thermal power plants for generation of electricity.

The Congress candidate from Mathura is keeping the party flag high by taking on the BJP single-handedly, quite literally.Four-time MLA from Mathura, Pradeep Mathur (67), who has also been the Congress legislative assembly leader, suffered multiple fractures in his left hand on January 16.

BJP said Kejriwal tried to project himself as “different” whereas he was not, and proved to be like any other politician hungry for power.

BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday asked chief ministers of party-ruled states to focus on the government’s ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana and asked them to ensure 100% implementation in their states.

BJP on Thursday rejected the judicial inquiry commission's report on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, saying its findings are "politically motivated" and meant to "cover up" the actions of the ruling Samajwadi Party government in the state.