Kishau project agreement has ended six-decade deadlock: Anurag Thakur

Dharamshala, Sep 16 (UNI) Former union Minister and Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday said the agreement signed by six states for the Kishau Multipurpose Dam Project has ended a six-decade-long deadlock, and criticised Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu for seeking political credit for the agreement. Thakur credited the Narendra Modi-led Central Government with facilitating the consensus reached on September 15 following discussions involving Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi. He said the project has been accorded National Project status, with the Centre expected to bear about 90 per cent of its cost, while the…