Shinde to take final decision about the legitimate share of Himachal Pradesh in Bhakra Beas Management Board

Bijender Sharma
SHIMLA------Chief Minister, Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal has urged the Union Minister for Power, Shri Sushil Kumar Shinde to take final decision about the legitimate share of Himachal Pradesh in Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Hydro Electric Projects commissioned in Himachal Pradesh as people of the State had made sacrifices by giving their precious land for construction of these. He said that thousands of families had been rendered homeless and were waiting rehabilitation even today after lapse of a period of more then four decades.

In a letter written to the Union Power Minister, Shri Shinde today Chief Minister thanked him for convening the meeting of the all concerned State in the recent past the decision this issue and urged that the final decision to give the State its due should be taken at the earliest, as the State had already suffered a lot financial loss due to non settlement of this long pending issue. He said that State was getting only 15 MW power annually from Beas to Satluj Link Project (BSLP) as adhoc allocation. He said that State was entitled for 7.19 percent of the power being generated in these Hydro Electric Power Projects as its legitimate share based upon the proportion of population transferred from Punjab to Himachal Pradesh as per the Punjab Reorganization Act 1966 duly passed by the Parliament of India which had legal validity. He said that the arrears of the claim of Himachal Pradesh come to Rs. 2200 crore which should also be paid to the State.

Chief Minister has expressed the hope that Centre Government would do justice with the people of this hill State.

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