Updated: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:15 (IST) All arrangements have already been made in a city in Uttar Pradesh to ensure uninterrupted power supply on Diwali. Engineers and employees worked actively. On the day of Diwali, 41 lakh units of electricity were consumed in the city, which is much more than on normal days. There was disruption in supply due to disruptions at some places in rural areas. Jagran Correspondent, Gorakhpur. Electricity consumption on Diwali was more than two lakh units as compared to normal days. Consumers got the full benefit of the preparations made earlier in the electricity corporation. There was uninterrupted power supply in the metropolis. Due to fire in some areas, power supply was stopped for some time. Supply continued except in a few places in rural areas. People praised the engineers and employees for getting uninterrupted electricity on Diwali. According to the data received from transmission, 41 lakh 92 thousand 235 units of electricity were consumed in the district on October 20 on Diwali. The Electricity Corporation has already made arrangements for electricity with a view to the additional consumption. Engineers everywhere have been notified in view of the possibility of an increase in load on power transformers due to an increase in the demand for electricity. Remove advertisement Read Only News The result was that despite uninterrupted supply, no transformer was overloaded anywhere. The Electricity Corporation also benefited from the cold weather. The demand did not increase much because AC was switched off in most of the houses. Demand reduced on October 21: On October 21, the next day of Diwali, the demand for electricity reduced significantly. Due to most of the shops and educational institutions remaining closed, the demand for electricity has reached 39 lakh 90 thousand five hundred units. This means electricity consumption reduced by 2 lakh 1 thousand 735 units compared to Diwali. All arrangements were already complete for uninterrupted power supply on Diwali. Engineers and employees remained active and fulfilled their responsibilities. – -Ashutosh Srivastava, Chief Engineer
41 lakh units of electricity consumed on Diwali in this city UP, you will be surprised to know the figures of normal days – diwali power consumption 41 lakh units used in Gorakhpur up City
