Shimla, June 17 -- The eight-year deadlock on the construction of Kishau Dam ended on Tuesday after the Centre and beneficiary states agreed to cover the Rs.2,000 crore power component cost for the project, said chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday after his meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah.

"The Centre has in principle agreed that the estimated cost of Rs.2,000 crore on the power component of the state's side will be borne by the beneficiary states of water component - Delhi, Rajasthan and Haryana- of this project."shared by CM Sukhu after the high level meeting in Delhi with Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday.

The decision paves the way for the construction of the project, proposed to be built on the Tons river--...