Water Cess on Hydropower projects controversy: HP to hold talks with power developers
Shimla
The Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday announced to constitute a committee to hold talks with concerned departments and power developers amid controversy over water cess on hydropower projects.
The decision was taken in a Cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in Shimla.
The committee ‘under the chairmanship of Secretary Power, representatives of Jal Shakti Vibhag, Finance and Law departments to hold talks with power developers on water cess to be imposed on various power projects’, an HP government official said.
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