An effective intervention by the Raebareli MP and Congress President Sonia Gandhi her parliamentary constituency, will now have an uninterrupted power supply. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav late on Tuesday issued orders to also ensure round-the-clock power supply to Amethi also, the parliamentary constituency of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi.
Officials of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) confirmed that a missive to this effect was received from senior officials. The decision to include the two districts in the 'No power-cut VVIP list' was taken after a request was made by Sonia Gandhi to Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. Sonia had walked up to Yadav before parliamentary proceedings started in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday and had requested the Yadav chieftain to "do something about the power crisis in Raebareli".
"Soniaji told Netaji that owing to poor power supply, the farmers and industry in the district were suffering," said a source After the day's proceedings in Parliament were stalled, Yadav rang up his son and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and asked him to ensure 24x7 power supply to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi's constituencies. Following this, orders were issued to UPPCL officials, compliance with which was ensured on Wednesday morning.
So far, districts exempt from power cuts include Mainpuri (Mulayam Singh Yadav is MP from here), Kannauj (the chief minister's wife Dimple Yadav is a first-time MP from here), Rampur (Urban Development Minister Azam Khan is an MLA from here) and Etawah (the home district of the Yadav family). The state reels under an unprecedented power crisis. Urban areas suffer outages that last up to four hours, while the countryside routinely faces up to eight hours with no power.
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