It’s proving difficult to tackle power crisis due to theft: UP CM

Deoria (Uttar Pradeh)

Expressing concern over power theft through illegal connections, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said it was becoming difficult to deal with power crisis due to this problem.

“How can we deal with power crisis when electricity is being supplied with ‘katia’ (illegal) connections. Power theft is adversely affecting the state’s development,” Yadav told reporters here.

He said the state government had initiated a number of measures to check power theft and has launched a campaign for the same asking people to shun the practice.

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