Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited has directed the state’s distribution companies to maintain uninterrupted electricity supply during Chhath Puja, including continuous lighting at designated ghats and rapid response to local disruptions. The instructions cover discom operations across the state and prohibit scheduled power cuts during the festival period, according to a report by the Times of India.
Principal secretary, energy, and UPPCL chairman Ranvir Prasad instructed officials to ensure that Chhath Puja venues have adequate lighting and that any local electricity failure is addressed promptly. The directions place responsibility on discom managing directors and chief engineers to prepare for outages and other power-related emergencies before and during the celebrations.
Discoms have been asked to keep repair teams, trolley-mounted transformers and other essential equipment ready for deployment. These resources are intended to support urgent restoration work if a transformer fails or if damage to the distribution network affects supply near a puja venue.
Officials have also been directed to monitor transformer loads and inspect electricity lines in areas around Chhath Puja ghats. The instructions specifically call for the repair of loose wires and leaning electricity poles, which can create safety risks in crowded public spaces as well as disrupt power supply.
The preparations extend across the state’s distribution regions, including Purvanchal, Madhyanchal and Paschimanchal. Maintenance teams in these discom areas have been placed on alert so that faults can be attended to without delay during the festival.
The operational measures combine supply management with pre-event inspection. Monitoring transformer loads is intended to identify stress on local equipment, while checking lines, wires and poles focuses on the physical condition of the network around public gathering points. The instructions do not specify the number of ghats covered, the quantity of standby equipment available or the duration of the alert.
For residents attending Chhath Puja, the directive is expected to support lighting and basic electrical continuity at the venues identified by local authorities. It also assigns senior discom officials responsibility for coordinating emergency repairs, rather than relying only on routine fault-response arrangements.
The UPPCL direction comes as electricity infrastructure around festival venues faces higher operational and public-safety demands. In addition to lighting, the condition of overhead lines, poles and transformers becomes important wherever large gatherings take place. The instructions therefore ask field teams to combine preventive checks with standby restoration capacity.
Managing directors of the discoms and chief engineers are responsible for implementing the instructions in their respective areas. Maintenance teams across the named distribution regions will remain on alert to support uninterrupted power supply and respond to disruptions during Chhath Puja.
