Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa Wednesday said work on the Suki Kinari hydal power project is in full swing as progress on the project remained unaffected due to COVID-19.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Asim Bajwa who is also Chairman, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority (CPECA) said, 50 per cent work on the 874MW power project has been completed.
He said the project was being established at Kunhar River with an investment of $1.963 billion under the umbrella of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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.
