Shimla, June 9 -- Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday visited the site of the Shongtong-Karcham hydroelectric project in Kinnaur district to inspect the ongoing developmental works.

He also inspected the power house site at Karcham and visited the barrage site Powari, of this project. He interacted with the engineers and workers of the project, a release said.

The Chief Minister directed to complete the 450 MW capacity hydroelectric project in a time bound manner by November, 2026.

He said that after the commissioning of this project, the state would earn annual revenue of about Rs. 1000 crore.

Sukhu said that this project was under construction for the last 13 years, but the present state government accelerated i...