📋 Tender Overview
The project envisages the construction of a 148-metre-high rock-fill dam, among others. Once complete, it will fulfill about 40 per cent of the drinking water requirement of Delhi. The project will also generate 200 million units of energy. The dam site is about 40 kilometres from Nahan, near the famous Renuka Ji shrine. The 40 MW project will be built at a cost of around ?7000 crore.
The construction for the project is expected to start by December 2022 and will be completed in six years. The project will provide approximately 13.14 lakh man days of work. In line with the resettlement and rehabilitation policy, programmes to enhance the employability of the local youth will also be conducted.
The plan for Catchment Area Treatment works with a total outlay of Rs 1,60,34,25,000 has been included in the overall scheme. After commissioning of the project, one per cent of the annual revenue will be distributed to the beneficiaries in the affected area every year.
The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the Renuka Ji dam was accepted by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Department of Water Resources in 2000 for a total price of Rs 1,224.64 crore. However, the project could not progress much owing to some reasons. The DPR of the project with an estimated cost of Rs 4,596.76 crore was again accepted by the TAC in 2015.
The project is proposed to be executed by Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. The projects were conceived in 2008. Most of irrigation cost and the drinking water component of these projects will be funded by the central government.
Previous Evet:
12 January 2019:
Union Water Resources Ministry has signed an agreement with the CMs of Haryana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for the construction of a Renukaji multipurpose dam project.
