Himachal Pradesh to get 4 hydroelectric projects

The state will get four more hydroelectric projects, which will produce 281 million units power annually.

The financial assistance agreement for the construction of these projects Sai Kothi-I (15 MW), Sai Kothi-II (18 MW), Devi Kothi (16 MW) and Hail (18 MW) in the Tissa region of Chamba was signed today in New Delhi between the Union Government and KfW , Germany.

Thakur said these projects would be executed by the HPSEBL under the Hydropower in the Himalaya programme. He said the state would soon emerge as the clean power state as the government was laying more emphasis on its development.