CM Dhami attended the Kisau dam project meeting, placed the state’s side in front of the central water power, said – the project will prove to be a milestone in the development of Uttarakhand

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in a meeting on Kisau Dam Multipurpose Project under the chairmanship of Union Minister for Water Power Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in New Delhi. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar participated in the virtual meeting. In the meeting, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur presented the side of their respective states regarding the project. Chief Minister Dhami said that in case of increase in the cost of project DPR, the power component cost should be kept constant or the increased power component cost should be borne by the other four beneficiary states Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. So that electricity supply can be made available to the consumers of the state at affordable rates. The Chief Minister said that this national project would prove to be a milestone for the development of Uttarakhand, because during the period of project development, various resources of income enhancement such as permanent and temporary employment would be available directly and indirectly to the local residents and villagers. For the development and welfare of the area, from time to time, with the cooperation of the local public representatives, beneficial schemes for the area will be developed, due to which the problem of migration can be controlled to a great extent.

A dam will be built on the Tamsa (Tons) river on the border of Himachal and Uttarakhand state. It is being claimed that this will be the second major dam in Asia. Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will have equal share in this. The central government will bear 90 per cent of the cost of the project, while the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments will provide 10 per cent. Kishau Dam will be 236 meters high and 680 meters long which will generate 660 MW of electricity. With the construction of this dam, irrigation facility will be available to Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Delhi will be the biggest beneficiary from this dam, where water supply will be completed. Let us inform that Kishau Dam is an ambitious project of the government. The states of Himachal and Uttarakhand have given their consent for its construction. The government has given it the status of a national project in the year 2008.

32 km long lake will be made

Under this project, a 32-km long lake will be built from Mohrad in Himachal to Tuni in Uttarakhand. In the survey report till date, 81300 trees, 631 wooden houses, 171 pucca houses, 632 group families of Uttarakhand and Himachal, 508 nuclear families, 8 temples, 6 panchayats, 2 hospitals, 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools And one inter college will come. The total area of ​​this project is 2950 hectares in which 1498 hectares of Himachal and 1452 hectares of Uttarakhand will be submerged in the dam. 900 families from both the states will be affected.

Here will be the share of the states:

Haryana State will spend Rs 478.85 crore, Uttar Pradesh 298.76 crore, Rajasthan 93.51 crore, Delhi 60.50 crore, Uttarakhand 38.19 crore and Himachal 31.58 crore in the dam project. In the Board meeting on 21st September last year and the High Power Steering Committee meeting on 24th November, it was decided that the DPR of Kishau Dam Project would be revised.

Before this amendment, a revised framework will be prepared according to the hydrological data, survey, additional survey, detailed geotechnical investigation, latest seismic parameter studies, revised expenditure in the project. For this amendment, hydrological data collection will be done with the help of National Institute of Hydrology.

15 thousand crores will cost

Seismic design parameter study will be done with the help of IIT Roorkee. Thereafter the revised DPR will be prepared. It is believed that in the revised DPR, the cost of this project may increase from 11 thousand crores to 15 thousand crores.

These villages of Sirmaur will be affected

17 including villages Mohrad, Mashwad, Kandyari, Nera, Baralani, Siasu, Thanana, Dharwa, Shila districts of Himachal district Sirmaur sub-division Shillai, which will be affected by the construction of Kishau dam project, Gumma, Phelag, Antoli and Kwanu, Savar, Kota of Uttarakhand Villages will be affected.

Suggestions for the displaced

People suggested that the government should find such a way, so that the dam can also be built and people do not have to be displaced. Like the project like Koti-Ichhadi, this dam should be converted into three small units so that there is no displacement of people. There should be no adverse effect on the environment. There can be no fertile land like Kwanu village. The village of Kwanu is situated on the plains between the mountains on the banks of Tamasa River, where there is never any drought.