Shinde hits back, blames UP for its power crisis

Stating that the subject of electricity falls in the Concurrent list of the Constitution, he added: 8220;I think the Chief Minister needs to appreciate this Constitutional provision. Over the past 10 years, UP has added only 536 MW of new capacity, whereas they should have added more than 3,000 MW in view of their requirement.8221;

Speaking to The Indian Express, Shinde said he was just pointing out the responsibility of the state Government under the Constitution.

At present, the state has a peaking shortage of about 23 per cent which is around 2,500 MW. The Power Minister also reminded the Chief Minister that the plant load factor of power plants in the state had declined to 56 per cent as against the national average of 77 per cent, thereby exacerbating the shortage.