UP launches free power connection schemes for BPL families
Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma on Sunday launched free power connection schemes for BPL families at 624 places across the state. Sharma said that the scheme would also benefit those without BPL cards at present by charging ?80-?120 from them to provide the power connection. The scheme would provide relief to middle-class families with instalment payment facility, he added.
Mathura, Jul 23 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Srikant Sharma today launched free power connection scheme for the BPL card holders in the state. "The scheme of providing free power connection to the BPL card holders has been launched at 624 places across the state," he said. Sharma said the scheme would also benefit the poor people who do not have BPL cards at present. "Such people would have to pay between Rs 80 to Rs 120 for getting the power connection," he said. "The scheme would also provide relief to the middle class people as the instalment payment facility would be admissible for them," the minister said. Sharma said while the Centre had launched the free gas connection scheme for the poor, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is giving free power connection to the same class of people. "The Yogi government is working for the common man and the poor," he claimed. 