Lucknow, Sept. 23 -- : Newly appointed Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) chairman and principal secretary, energy, Ranvir Prasad on Tuesday directed officials to make all-out efforts to ensure electricity supply as per the prescribed schedule across the state, while asking them to plan alternative arrangements to avoid shortages arising from coal supply disruptions in future.

Reviewing the power situation at Shakti Bhawan, Prasad called for feeder-wise monitoring of supply, breakdowns and rostering, with discoms asked to analyse feeder-level data regularly and take immediate corrective action in areas reporting deficiencies and high line losses.

Officials said all categories of consumers received uninterrupted daytime supp...