Ambedkar villages will be lit up with sodium lights as Chief Minister Mayawati has asked the officials concerned to install 10,000 sodium bulbs in these villages besides setting up 2,000 Ambedkar Community centres in the villages.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi

LUCKNOW: Aware of the ever-escalating power crisis in the state, the energy task force (ETF) headed by chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta has given its nod to set up two more thermal power stations in the state.

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has blamed the Congress and its rule in the country after Independence responsible for the pathetic condition of the state and poor condition of power generation.

LUCKNOW: With plans to have a generation capacity to the tune of a whopping 25,000 MW by the end of tenure of 12th planning commission, the Mayawati

government has asked the Centre to come up with policies giving preference to the landlocked states while allocating coal blocks.

LUCKNOW: It's red alarm from the Northern Regional Power Committee (NRPC), the apex body to review power situation in the northern states, vis-a-vis power situation in Uttar Pradesh.

LUCKNOW: It may not have been able to solve the power crisis this year, the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has painted a rosy picture for the next year.

Lucknow: The Mayawati Government on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ahmedabad-based Torrent Power, which will function as a franchisee for distribution of power in Kanpur and Agra cities in Uttar Pradesh.

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