(PTI)
More than 28,000 government schools in Uttar Pradesh do not still have power connections and the main reason for which is the “distance of electricity poles from these schools”. This was brought to fore by a review of the details submitted by state-run schools to the government authorities. The authorities have, meanwhile, directed the schools to make use of the unused funds provided by the Election Commission for the electrification during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
“During the review of the details submitted by the schools for Prerna portal, it was found that 28,360 government schools in the state do not have power connections and the main reason for which is attributed to the distance of electricity poles from these schools being too far. It was found that in a majority of cases, electricity poles are situated at least 40 metres — even more distant in a few cases — away from these schools,” said Vijay Kiran Anand, director general, school education, UP.
