Six States, UT sign Kishau multipurpose project agreement; CM Sukhu hails ‘major victory’ for Himachal

Five States — Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan — and Delhi on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) signed an agreement for the implementation of the 422 MW Kishau multipurpose project, to be built at an estimated cost of ₹15,624 crore.

The project will come up on the Tons river along the Uttarakhand-Himachal Pradesh border.

In the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil, the Chief Ministers of the six States and UT— including, Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, Himachal Pradesh Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Rajasthan Bhajan Lal Sharma, Delhi Rekha Gupta and Haryana Nayab Singh Saini signed the Kishau Project agreement in New Delhi.

Terming the agreement as “historic”, Mr. Shah said that since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister, this is the tenth water dispute that is now set to be resolved.