China - Pakistan Economic Corridor - CPEC
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M1 Motorway Plantation Under Billion Trees Afforestation Project near Mardan. - , .... Peshawar, ...
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Hydro Power: 720 MW Karot Hydropower Project is an under construction run-of-river concrete-core rockfill gravity dam in Pakistan.
The Karot Hydropower Station in Pakistan is the first investment project of the Silk Road Fund, is part of the CPEC , and is expected to be completed in 2020. Total costs for the project are estimated to be $2 billion...
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, dams Reservoirs sectt set up, CJP informed...
The and Mohmand dams (ICDBMD) Implementation Committee Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Muzammil Hussain on Friday informed Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar that a secretariat of the reservoirs has been established in Islamabad.
He further informed the top judge that the ICDBMD in its first meeting on July 12 decided to constitute further five sub-committees.
The committees include land acquisition and resettlement committee, finance committee, procurement committee, security committee and coordination committee. He said that each sub-committee had been set up to look after the matters related to Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams.
The ICDBMD Chairman called on the chief justice and briefed about the proceedings of implementation committee.
He also gave a briefing on the committee’s future roadmap for moving ahead to achieve the milestone in constructing dams in the stipulated time.
He said that the progress report will be submitted to the Supreme Court in line with directives of the top court.
The chief justice appreciated the prompt response of the implementation committee. He, however, directed the ICDBMD chairman to keep the impetus for ensuring early commencement of work on the dams.
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- $3.4 Billion Railway Project between and to be Completed on Priority Basis....
and have reviewed phase-1 of the Railway project, especially Main Line-1 (Karachi-Peshawar) at an estimated cost of $3.4 billion under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework and agreed to initiate project implementation on priority.
Official sources, however, confirmed that the execution and implementation of Pakistan Railways (PR) projects with an estimated cost of $8.2 billion under the CPEC framework will have to wait till the next government comes into power, as it requires the final go-ahead from Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).
A delegation of CREC, the lead of Chinese consortium in terms of the framework agreement, called on Muhammad Javed Anwar, Chairman Ministry of Railways (MoR)
They discussed progress on ML-I project. Chairman, MoR, while highlighting importance of ML-I project, informed that it is an early harvest and a strategic project of CPEC framework. The project is expected to transmute railways system in Pakistan.
The feasibility study of preliminary design of Phase I of project has been completed and is in the final stages of review process so that next steps of project implementation could be initiated on priority. Both sides also discussed areas of cooperation in railways sector.
The meeting was also attended by Sun, Head of Pakistan Mission of CREC and Mazhar Ali Shah, DG Planning.
Sources said that PR with its own resources has completed the feasibility study and preliminary design of ML-1 to be upgraded under the CPEC project in five years with the objective to have greater say in project implementations.
Railways Ministry had submitted PC-I for ten sub-projects of phase-I under the CPEC framework at a cost of $3.4 billion to Ministry of Planning Development & Reform, and has been approved by the Central Development Working Party (CDWP). However, Railways projects now require ECNEC’s approval, which is possible only after the new government comes into office. Sources said that after the approval from ECNEC, Railways projects under CPEC would come into bidding process.
“There is no delay in the start of Main Line-1 project under CPEC, but it is a huge, multi-disciplinary project, at an estimated cost of $8.2 billion which is likely to increase on finalization of preliminary design for the bidding process”, sources added.
Due diligence and prudence, in finalization of this huge project is taking time which is considered essential for processing the project cycle. Up-gradation of ML-I of PR (Karachi to Peshawar and Taxila to Havelian) and establishment of dry port near Havelian is an “early harvest project” under CPEC framework and estimated to be completed by 2020.
Initially, the financial support to PR under the CPEC was estimated at $5.7 billion, which were later increased to $8.2 billion after approval of the new framework. With the up-gradation of ML-1, train’s speed will increase to 160 km/h compared to the current 120km/h while train capacity would be increased from the current 32 to 171 trains per day.
PR has planned to upgrade/overhaul infrastructure of ML-1 under CPEC framework including track, bridges, tunnels, buildings, signaling, telecommunication systems, track maintenance system, rolling stock maintenance and overhauling facilities, establishment of dry port near Havelian, besides dualisation of track between Peshawar and Shahdara.
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Another LNG Power Plant milestone achieved....
Pakistan's third R-LNG based Balloki Power Plant 1223 MW has been completed and expected to start its commercial operation in the last week of the July 2018.
Four power projects(6036 MW) namely 1230 MW at Haveli Bahadar Shah District Jhang, 1180 MW at Bhikki district Sheikhupura, 1223 MW at Balloki district Kasur and 1263 MW at Trimmu Barrage District Jhang. Among four, two projects of 2410 MW located at Bhikki and Haveli Bahadar Shah have already been completed and linked to the national grid.
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Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) Indigenously developed the Pak Technology Evaluation Satellite (PakTES-1A) from concept to Launch. ....