Shimla, March 20 -- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday said that his government was seeking legal opinion to take over power projects operating in the state without set timelines.

The Chief Minister was presiding over the International Conference on Dam Safety here. The conference would continue till March 22, 2025.

He said that the river waters were the main source of power generation in the state, however, during the initial years, there was no timeline set for licences issued to the power generation companies, which is normally 35 to 40 years and because of this, the state suffered substantive losses.

"There are still many such power projects wherein no timelines have been fixed to hand over the proje...