UP stares at darkness as power projects stay on drawing board

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Lucknow: been detected but nothing is being done to stop them,” says a senior engineer with the state Power Corporation.

In fact, the Power Corporation itself has in its website, accepted that the quality and reliability of power supply in Uttar Pradesh is poor with weak T&D systems and lack of maintenance. “UPPCL lacks in commercial focus and sensitivity to consumer needs with high T&D losses, a low revenuer realization, improper billing and metering, no energy audit and low levels of consumer service. Without proper planning, there have been inefficient resource utilization and non-viable investments,” it says.

In fact, the oft repeated refrain that the Uttar Pradesh government lacks transparency, is also acknowledged by the website. “We are perceived as a non-transparent organization with high level of external interference and corruption in our operating environment. Employee morale is low and stakeholders are dissatisfied. Corporate governance is poor and there is instability in the corporate setup and employees do not have a secure service environment. We do not have an information system to aid decision-making and our hierarchical structure makes information flow difficult…..”