'Powerful' UP govt is top defaulter with Rs 100-bn power dues

UP has also topped the list of the state governments, whose departments owe massive power dues

Even as the Uttar Pradesh power utility is saddled with accumulated losses of over Rs 210 billion, the state government departments have emerged as the biggest power defaulters with total outstanding projected to touch Rs 107 billion this fiscal.

While the aggregate power bill realisation by UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) stood at 87 per cent in September 2017, the ratio for the state government departments was much lower at 51 per cent.

UP energy minister Shrikant Sharma has conferred with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath about the action plan to recoup the power dues from departments. The energy