Dharamshala, June 10 -- Chief minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday inspected the ongoing development works at the Shongtong-Karcham hydroelectric project site in Kinnaur district.

He inspected the power house site at Karcham and visited the barrage site Powari of the project. He also interacted with the engineers and workers of the project. The CM directed them to complete this 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.

He said that this project was under construction for the last 13 years, but the present state government accelerated its construction and it would be dedicated to...