Haryana to construct dam in Himachal Pradesh for reviving Saraswati

The Haryana Government will construct a dam and a reservoir on 77 acres in Himachal Pradesh near Yamunanagar districts Adi Badri area, which is situated on the border of Himachal Pradesh.

The Haryana Government will spend Rs 215.33 crore on this project and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) will be signed by Haryana and Himachal Pradesh Governments in the presence of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur in Panchkula on January 21.

The dam will get 224 hectare metre water in the rains from Som river, which starts from Himachal Pradesh and falls into the Yamuna river in Yamunanagar. Out of the 224 hectare metre water, 62 hectare metre water will be given to Himachal Pradesh and the rest (162) hectare metre water will be used for the Saraswati river in Haryana throughout the year.