In a high-level meeting co-chaired by the Uttarakhand Chief Secretary N Ravi Shankar and Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary P Mitra, held on Saturday, hurdles coming in the way of constitution of Joint Venture (JV) for construction of Kishau Multipurpose Project (660 MW) has been sorted out. It has been decided during the meeting that both the States would get equal sharing of direct and indirect benefits.
MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) draft was discussed at length and both the States reached to a mutual consensus for its finalisation. Both the States would get its approval in their respective cabinet. After the approval of cabinet, MoU between both States would be signed in the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister. Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, Secretary Power Umakant Panwar, Secretary Irrigation Anand Vardhan, Principal Secretary Power of Himachal Pradesh SKBS Negi, MD HP Power Corporation DK Sharma, Director Civil AK Gupta and other senior officers were present in the meeting.