India, Feb. 21 -- LUCKNOW The Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, UP, has claimed that the privatisation of Agra's power distribution has resulted in annual loss of crores for the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL).

"The corporation has incurred a cumulative loss of Rs.2,434 crore by supplying electricity to Torrent Power in Agra. In terms of revenue generation and aggregate technical & commercial (AT&C) losses, government-owned Kanpur Electricity Supply Company (KeSCO) has performed better than Torrent Power in Agra," Samiti leader Shailendra Duby said in a press statement here on Friday.

Demanding the rollback of the proposed privatization of Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal power distribution corporations, he emphasi...