Himachal Pradesh’s Renukaji Dam project

• On December 27, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay down the foundation of Renukaji Dam Project in Himachal Pradesh.

• It is a Rs 6,700-crore project on the Giri river in Sirmaur district.

• The project, once completed, is likely to generate 200 million units of energy in a surface power house which have the installed capacity of 40 MW.

• Storage capacity of the dam will be 498 million cubic meters.

• It will fulfil around 40 per cent of the drinking water requirement of Delhi.