First CPEC hydropower project near completion, says Asim - Newspaper

A view of the under-construction 720MW Karot hydropower project.
KARACHI: The chairman of China-Pakistan Eco­nomic Corridor Authority (CPECA), Asim Saleem Bajwa on Wednesday said that 88 per cent of work on the Karot hydropower project had been completed.
The first of its kind project under the CPEC, being built on River Jhelum, is expected to be completed in April 2022, a dawn.com report quoted him as saying.
Sharing details of the Karot Hydropower Project through a tweet, Mr Bajwa said the investment in the project amounted to $1,780 million while 5,000 local people were directly employ­­ed for its construction.
The 720MW Karot hydropower project was due to be completed in 2020. It has the capability to generate 3.249 billion units of clean electricity per year for the national grid.

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