Presides over International Dam Safety Conference
Punjab Newsline, Shimla, March 20-
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu while presiding over the International Conference on Dam Safety here today said that due to the immense hydel power potential, Himachal was becoming the focal point in the hydel renewable energy sector globally. The conference would continue till 22nd March, 2025.
He said that the river waters were the main source of power generation in the state however, during the initial years, there was no timeline set for licenses issued to the power generation companies, which is normally 35 to 40 years and because of this, the state suffered substantive losses. There are still many such power projects wherein no timelines has been fixed to handover the projects to the state government, adding that the government was fighting legal battle to take back these projects and legal opinion being sought in this regard. He said that if need arises, all such projects in which the interest of the state government has been completely ignored would be taken over by the government in the near future.