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 the nation in the stipulated time period. He added that the present government was taking concrete steps to ensure proper exploitation of its river water, to strengthen the economy of the state. Sukhu said the state government was working to take over the Dhaulasidh, Luhri and Sunni hydro power projects and the total amount spent on theseprojects so far was being evaluated. Henceforth, the state government would take forward the construction work of hydropower projects on its own terms so that the interests of the state could be protected, which were completely sidelined by the previous BJP government. Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu distributed Land Ownership Certificates to 25 beneficiaries of Kalpa block under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which were pending since last many years. The chief minister said that under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, land leases have already been allotted to 460 individuals across the state. He also inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for various development projects worth Rs.48 crore in the Kinnaur assembly constituency. htc...