The New Indian Express ·
Kishau Dam project clears eight-year hurdle as six states sign MoU with Centre
CHANDIGARH: Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for the Rs 15,624-crore Kishau Dam project on Tuesday.
The 660 MW Kishau Dam project on the Tons river, a tributary of the Yamuna along the Himachal Pradesh-Uttarakhand border, has cleared a major hurdle with the MoU after being stalled for eight years over inter-state coordination.
The long-pending multipurpose project is expected to provide irrigation, electricity, drinking and industrial water and help rejuvenate the Yamuna. The project will now be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval.
