Himachal Pradesh to cancel allotment of hydropower projects: CM Sukhvinder

Allotments of hydropower projects that have not started construction work despite taking one-time amnesty should be cancelled immediately and a fresh advertisement should be published, said Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday.

Taking a serious note of central Public Sector undertakings (PSUs) for not signing pre-implementation and implementation agreements to set up hydropower projects, he directed the energy department to issue notices to such PSUs, a statement issued here said.

Presiding over a meeting of the Energy Department here late on Monday evening, he said, “Efforts would be made to increase the State’s share in those projects which have recovered its cost, for which correspondence would be initiated with the Central Government and other PSUs.”