The World Bank has cleared a Rs 540-crore watershed development project for the Mid-Himalayas of the state. A team of the World Bank, headed by Dr Daniel Sellen, met Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh here today. He informed that the World Bank had also agreed to extend the ongoing Kandi Project by another six months and provide an additional Rs 10 crore in view of the good work done so far. The project was to come to an end in March 2005.