The Uttar Pradesh government has set a target of supplying power for at least 16 hours a day in rural areas and 24 hours for urban areas by October 2016.
According to proposals of the state budget for 2016-17, which was presented in the state Assembly today, the government is keen to ensure round-the-clock power supply without any cut by 2019-20, and an action plan is ready.
The government said all arrangements have been made to increase the daily power supply from 11,000 mega watt to 21,000 mega watt by October 2016.
A plan of Rs 11,900 crore is also being drawn up for electrification of about 1.73 lakh villages and hamlets under the rural electrification scheme.
About Rs 7,000 crore has been set aside for the state feeder separation scheme.
Under the category of roads and bridges, a provision of Rs 14,721 crore has been made for maintenance under PWD.
A provision of Rs 541 crore has been made for strengthening and widening state highways, new construction, strengthening link roads, small bridges, major roads and other district roads.
An amount of Rs 3,205 crore has been marked for maintenance and repair of roads, Rs 1,923 crore for connecting villages with cemented link roads, Rs 1,180 crore for construction of bridges over rivers and large drains and Rs 635 crore for construction of overbridges.
A provision of Rs 1,111 crore has been made to link district headquarters with four-lane roads, in line with the current priorities of the state government.
A sum of Rs 250 crore has also been set aside for construction of 257 km of roads in seven districts of the state on the Indo-Nepal border and Rs 220 crore for land acquisition.
The government has made a provision of Rs 600 crore for Swachh Bharat Mission and Rs 700 crore for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation schemes.
Another Rs 900 crore has been slotted for implementing development works under the accelerated economic development scheme.
An amount of Rs 300 crore has also been proposed for Agra
drinking water supply project.
Some Rs 400 crore has been marked for development of Lucknow Development area and Rs 300 crore for establishment of Jai Prakash Narain International Center in Lucknow.
A corpus fund of Rs 150 crore has been mooted for Janeshwar Mishra park and its renovation.
An amount of Rs 814 crore has been proposed for Lucknow Metro and Rs 50 crore for Kanpur and Varanasi metroes.
In irrigation, Rs 1,574 crore has been provided for new schemes and Rs 745 crore for flood control projects.
There is a proposal of Rs 2,157 crore for the Saryu Canal National Project.
An arrangement of Rs 549 crore has been made for increasing minor irrigation facilities in 78 per cent irrigated areas of the state.
There's also a budget provision of Rs 4,003 crore for the construction of Agra-Lucknow expressway while separately, Rs 1,500 crore has been earmarked for Lucknow-Azamgarh-Ballia Samajwadi Poorvanchal expressway.
The government has proposed Rs 15,397 crore under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and Rs 200 crore under a new mid-day meal scheme.
An allocation of Rs 9,618 crore has been made for various schemes of secondary education.
Meeting the long-pending demand of ad-hoc teachers, the government has made a provision of Rs 200 crore for payment to part-time teachers of private and unaided schools recognised by the UP Madhyamik Siksha Board.
An allocation of Rs 2,622 crore has been made for higher education schemes.
The government has also decided to set up an engineering college each at Basti and Gonda and 12 polytechnics of IT across the state.
A target of training three lakh youth in various trades through vocational education and skill development mission has also been provided for the next fiscal.
A budgetary allocation of Rs 4,572 crore has been made for state medical colleges and hospitals affiliated with them.
