Thursday, 12 August 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The union government would soon provide approval of Rs 4673 crore for the Lakhwad multipurpose project in Uttarakhand. This assurance was given by the Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to the Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday. In the meeting Dhami also requested that the MoU of the Kisau project should be amended.
The Union minister assured Dhami that a meeting of states concerned would soon convened to discuss the Kisau project. The duo also decided to conduct joint review of the ‘ Jal Jivan Mission’ in Uttarakhand. Dhami told Shekhawat that the norms for the ‘ PMKSY-Har Khet ko Pani’ scheme should be relaxed for the mountainous states and requested that 422 micro irrigation projects in the state should be approved under the scheme.
The CM said that all necessary clearances for 300 MW Lakhwad multipurpose project have been obtained and work on the ambitious project having strategic importance would start when the financial approval from the cabinet subcommittee is received.
