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Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): In a setback to the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu-led Congress government, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday declared the water cess levied on hydropower generation unconstitutional. With this, the government will have to forego an annual revenue of around Rs 2,000 crore it was hoping to make by levying the cess on hydroelectric projects. The Sukhu-led Himachal government has now decided to move the Supreme Court on the issue. A HC division bench of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Stayen Vaidya on Tuesday said that the provisions of the Him…

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