CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of two hydropower projects and launched Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-III in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh today.

Detailed explanation-2: -Commissioned in 1932, the Shanan hydroelectric plant was constructed under a 99-year lease deed executed between Jogendra Sen, the then Mandi ruler, and Col. B.C. Batty, the then Chief Engineer of the Punjab government, in 1925.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shanan Project came into being based on an agreement made on 3rd March 1925 between Secretary of State for India in Council of the one part and Lieutenant Raja Joginder Sen Bahadur, Raja of Mandi of the part.

Detailed explanation-4: -Larji hydroelectric project is on river Beas in Kullu district with an installed capacity of 126 MW. The project was completed in September 2007. Rongtong is the world’s highest hydel power project.