Mathura to get 24-hour power supply, along with four other holy cities: UP Power Minister Shrikant Sharma

“Mathura, Varanasi, Ayodhya and Gorakhpur will now remain free from power cuts, and round-the-clock power will be ensured in order to facilitate the scores of pilgrims coming to these districts,” the state’s Power Minister Shrikant Sharma said here today. He continued that his department is committed to providing a round-the-clock power supply in rest of the state by 2019.

The officers of power department have been instructed to rectify existing faults within a fortnight, Sharma stated, adding that the old transformers would also be changed. “Now money will not be a constraint, as the government has opened a free power connection for people falling under the BPL category,” Sharma added.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a strong Chief Minister to UP in Adityanath, who is committed to providing better administration with stress on development.

He said that for a speedy solution of the people’s grievances, “A file index system has been introduced, making it obligatory to solve problems within a week, failing which stern action against officers concerned would be taken.”

On the Anti-Romeo Squads, he said,” Any teasing or misbehavior towards girls will not be tolerated,” and warned that its misuse would also invite punitive action.

Addressing the officers in a meeting at collectorate here, he instructed them to ensure that schemes meant for the poor should reach them, and also provide free medicines to patients in the district hospital.

There would be “zero tolerance” toward corruption, Sharma added in the meeting.

In the meeting, Sharma, in a bid to curb corruption, directed officials to start an “e-tendering” system and preparing a citizen charter for transparency and timely disposing of files.