88% work on first CPEC hydropower project completed: Asim Bajwa
720MW Karot Hydropower Project is expected to be completed by April 2022, says CPEC chief
A view of the Karot Hydropower Project. PHOTO: TWITTER/@AsimSBajwa
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Wednesday said that the 88 per cent work on 720-megawatt Karot Hydropower Project CPEC s first hydropower project has been completed.
Located on the Jhelum River on the boundary between Punjab and Azad Kashmir, the project is expected to be completed by April 2022, Bajwa wrote on his official Twitter handle.
#CPEC: 720 MW Karot Hydropower Project (1st CPEC Hydropower Project), Investment $ 1720 M,88% work been completed, expected completion April 2022. Current local direct employment 5000. Location River Jehlum (Punjab/ AJK)#cpecmakingprogress#PakistanMovingForwardpic.twitter.com/szqU0k9zCB
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CPEC hydropower project achieves second-stage river closure
Xinhua
30 Apr 2021, 22:05 GMT+10
MANSEHRA, Pakistan, April 30 (Xinhua) Pakistan s Suki Kinari (SK) Hydropower Project in the northwestern part of the country achieved the second-stage river closure on Friday, entering a new phase of its dam construction. The successful cut of the Kunhar River s main riverbed with the river being diverted to spillway is to create free-from-water working areas for construction of concrete dam of the power station under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), located in the Mansehra district of the South Asian country s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Calling the closure a key milestone of the 884-megawatt hydropower project, Jia Ancheng, general manager of China Gezhouba Group Overseas Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the China Gezhouba Group Corporation which invests in and implements the project, attributed the achievement to the joint and hard efforts made by the Chinese and