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Amit Shah to Chair Meeting on Kishau Dam With Six States

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to chair a meeting with six states on the Kishau dam project, according to a September 15 The News Mill report.

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Current Summary

Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting on the long-pending Kishau dam project attended by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Sukhu. Following the meeting, an agreement on the project has been signed by the six states involved, according to a September 15 Moneycontrol report. The specific terms, cost-sharing arrangement, and implementation timeline of the agreement remain undisclosed.

What We Know

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to chair a meeting with six states regarding the Kishau dam project.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami, and HP CM Sukhvinder Sukhu have arrived to attend the meeting.
Chief ministers of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh attended the meeting chaired by Amit Shah on the Kishau Dam project.
An agreement on the Kishau dam project has been signed by the six states involved.

What Is Still Unclear

The meeting's date, agenda, and expected outcomes.
Which six states are involved and their specific stakes in the project.

What Changed

15 Sept, 09:50 am
An agreement on the long-delayed Kishau dam project on a Yamuna tributary has been signed by the six states involved, following the meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, according to a September 15 Moneycontrol report. The agreement's specific terms, cost-sharing arrangement, and implementation timeline are not yet disclosed.
15 Sept, 08:11 am
Chief ministers of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh attended the Amit Shah-chaired meeting on the Kishau Dam project, according to a September 15 The News Mill report. The report does not disclose the meeting's outcomes or specific commitments made by each state.
15 Sept, 07:10 am
Chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have arrived to attend the Kishau Dam meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, according to a September 15 ANI News report, confirming the meeting is now taking place.
15 Sept, 06:01 am
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Background

The Kishau dam is a long-proposed multi-purpose project on the Tons river, a tributary of the Yamuna, spanning Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.