PM Imran to lay foundation stone of Kohala Hydropower Project today
Last updated on: 26 June,2020 03:05 pm
PM Imran will also hold meetings with President and Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
MUZAFFARABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan will reach Muzaffarabad on a day long visit today (Friday) to lay foundation stone of Kohala Hydropower Project, Dunya News reported.
PM Imran will be briefed on 1,124-megawatt Kohala Hydropower Project. He will also address the groundbreaking ceremony of the power project.
Prime Minister Imran Khan will hold meetings with President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan and Prime Minister AJK Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan during the visit.
PM Imran will also be briefed on Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme. He will also distribute compensatory cheques among the needy people under Ehsaas Emergency Cash programme.
According to souces, PM Imran will also be briefed on Naya Pakistan Housing Programme during the visit.
Earlier on Thursday, Kohala Hydropower Project has reached a historic tripartite agreement, with an investment of 2.4billion dollars in the energy sector.
Prime Minister Imran Khan, Federal Ministers, Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing and others witnessed the ceremony.
Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the signing ceremony of Kohala Hydropower Project Agreement and said that prices have gone up due to generation of electricity from imported fuel. Generating electricity from oil also affects the environment. Therefore government has focused on clean energy instead of imported fuel. Leading Three Gorges Company will develop Kohala Hydel project. The project will create employment opportunities in Azad Kashmir, he added.
He said the project has been the largest investment of $2.4 billion and Pakistan has great potential to generate electricity from water.
Meanwhile, retired Lieutenant General Asim Saleem Bajwa, chairman of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA), described it as a historic day in a tweet and said that it has been the largest investment from an IPP of $ 2.4 billion towards the energy sector.
The Chairman CPEC Authority said that with the clear direction of the Prime Minister to expedite the work on the Economic Corridor projects, all parties have worked hard for this day.