Shimla, June 20 -- Himachal Pradesh Mahila Congress Working President Tripta Thakur welcomed the agreement under which the entire cost of the Kishau Dam Project will be borne by the Central Government, describing it as a major achievement of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's leadership and political acumen.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday at the Rajiv Bhawan headquarters of the Pradesh Congress Committee in Shimla, Thakur said the historic agreement has provided significant financial relief to the state and strengthened its march towards self-reliance.

She stated that the Kishau Dam, proposed on the Yamuna River along the Himachal Pradesh-Uttarakhand border, is expected to generate annual revenue of around Rs 600 crore f...