Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have signed an agreement for the Rs 10,000 crore multi-purpose Kishau hydroelectric project to generate 660 Mw of power. The agreement comes at a time when hydroelectric dams in the hills are being questioned after the 2013 Kedarnath deluge.
An Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the power secretaries of both states in the presence of Chief Minister Harish Rawat for the project in Dehradun district on the Tons river that shares its banks with both the hill states.
Besides generating power, the project will provide drinking water and irrigate land in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. The power from the project will be shared equally by the two states.
The Centre has already decided to bear 90 per cent of the Rs 10,000 crore cost of the project and has asked the two states to form a joint venture company.
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