LUCKNOW, April 22 -- More than a month after their connections were snapped over recharge arrears worth Rs.1,366.62 crore, a staggering 9,77,722 electricity consumers across Uttar Pradesh remain disconnected from the power grid, according to the latest data from Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) compiled till April 18, 2026.

At a statewide review meeting on Tuesday, UPPCL chairman Ashish Kumar Goyal directed officials to persuade consumers to recharge their meters to restore power supply.

"We have asked field officials to extend help to consumers and persuade them to recharge their prepaid meters, whose supply was snapped a month ago and remains disconnected," UPPCL director (commercial) Prashant Verma said, adding that of...