50% work on Suki Kinari Hydel Power Project is completed: Chairman CPEC Authority
Chairman CPEC authority Lieutenant Gen (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa has said that projects under CPEC are making progress amid COVID-19. He informed that the execution of 874 MW Suki Kinari Hydel Power Project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) remains unaffected despite COVID-19 and 50% work on the project has been completed. The project is being executed at Kunhar River, with an investment of $ 1.963 billion under CPEC. So far, the project has created over 4,000 jobs, and the government is committed to providing electricity at a lower cost under CPEC.
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting General (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa Wednesday said work on the Suki Kinari hydal power project was in full swing as progress on the project remained unaffected due to COVID-19. In a tweet, Asim Bajwa who is also Chairman, China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA) said, 19.5 percent work on the 874MW power project had been completed. He said the project was being established at Kunhar River with an investment of $1.963b under the umbrella of China Pakistan Economic Corridor. He informed that the project had so far created 4,250 job opportunities and after completion it would help reducing cost of electricity. “Bringing cost of electricity down is top priority of the government,” he added.
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