New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Delhi on Tuesday reached on consensus over the long-pending ‘Kishau’ multipurpose dam challenge for the rejuvenation of the Yamuna river with choice to signal a pact and that 90 per cent price of water element of the challenge to be borne by the Central authorities and the remaining by these states.
All the states agreed to signal a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the ‘Kishau’ hydroelectric and water storage challenge on the Tons River, a tributary of the Yamuna, straddling the border between Dehradun in Uttarakhand and Sirmour in Himachal Pradesh.
Following the signing of the MoU, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) mentioned the challenge shall be positioned earlier than the Union Cabinet for approval.
The consensus was reached among the many involved states on the long-pending ‘Kishau’ challenge at an vital assembly held within the nationwide capital underneath the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The assembly was attended by Union Minister of Power Manohar Lal, Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, Union Home Secretary, Union Water Resources Secretary, Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Chief Secretaries of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and senior officers from the MHA, the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Under the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the MHA mentioned, the Central authorities has been translating the precept of ‘Solutions Through Dialogue’ into motion by constructing consensus on vital problems with nationwide and public curiosity that had remained unresolved for a few years.
‘The assembly determined that 90 per cent of the price of the water element of the Kishau Multipurpose Dam Project shall be borne by the Central Government as Central Assistance, whereas the remaining 10 per cent monetary burden shall be shared by the six taking part states,’ mentioned the MHA in a press release.
‘The assembly additionally reached a consensus to allocate Himachal Pradesh’s share of water to Delhi and Rajasthan in return for sharing the price of Himachal Pradesh’s portion of the ability element.’
It additional talked about that the choice would show to be a major milestone within the journey in the direction of a cleaner and rejuvenated Yamuna, making certain an elevated circulate of fresh water within the river.
The ‘Kishau’ dam challenge, located 45 kilometres upstream of Dakpathar city in Uttarakhand, envisages the development of a 236 metre excessive concrete dam, thus creating an put in capability of 4 x 150 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectric energy and a dwell storage of 1324 million cubic meters (cum) (1.077 million acre-feet (MAF)). The whole price of the challenge in 1998 was Rs 3566.23 lakhs. (ANI)


