? Tender for making DPR of proposed? multi-purpose Kishau dam project at Mohrad-Shambhar Kheda on the Tons river flowing on the border of Himachal Uttarakh and has been awarded. The work of share velocity and systemic data study is also almost completed.
* Along with this, the work of hydrological data study and survey is in full swing.
* The corporation will soon take in principle consent from the central government for this. After this, a rehabilitation policy will be made after taking the suggestions of the people coming to the submergence area and after the identification of the dam area, land acquisition documents will be prepared.
* The tender has been awarded for? preparation of DPR in the name of a company named Trektowel at a cost of 1.24 crore, which will prepare the revised DPR.
* It is noteworthy that according to the 2008 survey, the estimated cost of the project was Rs 10 thousand crores, but after it was declared a multi-purpose national project, the estimated cost was increased to 11,500 crores.
* After the signing of the MoU in the year 2016, the Hydrological data study of the project, detailed geotechnical investigation and the latest systemic parameter study work were included in the High Power Steering Committee meeting in 2020.
* National Institute of Hydrology for hydrological data survey and IIT Roorkee for the latest systemic parameter study of the project.
* It is believed that the estimated cost of the? project will be around 15 thousand crores.
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ASIA’S SECOND HIGHEST MULTIPURPOSE DAM PROJECT: KISHAU DAM PROJECT
* Kishau Corporation Limited has awarded the tender for the DPR of Kishau Dam Project.
* This dam project is Asia's second highest multipurpose dam project.
* The MoU for the dam project was signed by Himachal and Uttarakhand in 2016.
* The DPR of Kishau Dam Project – a joint venture of Himachal and Uttarakhand government, will be prepared by TrackTowel Company in 2 years at a cost of Rs 1.24 crore.
* Tracktowel Company has been directed to prepare and submit the complete DPR of the dam project in January 2024.