In an important development for Pakistan's energy sector, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has signed a contract agreement with the Chinese construction
Peshawar
March 3, 2021
MANSEHRA: The district administration has imposed section-4 to acquire land for the 300 megawatts Balakot Hydropower project being built at a cost of Rs85 billion in the Kaghan valley by the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation.
“We have already fulfilled the legal formalities to acquire over 1700 kanals of land for the project and this ongoing process will shortly be completed,” Deputy Commissioner Dr Qasim Ali Khan told a briefing here on Tuesday.
A delegation of the Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) led by Advisor to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Energy and Power Himayatullah Khan visited the dam site in Kaghan valley at the end of briefing.