PESHAWAR: With the aim to overcome power shortage in the province, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced to give six 719MW hydel power projects to Frontier Work Organisation (FWO) for efficient implementation.
The announcement was made in a high-level meeting convened to discuss hydel and communication projects in the province at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House Islamabad.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan, KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, Provincial Minister for Energy Muhammad Atif Khan, Chief Secretary Amjad Ali Khan, FWO DG Major General Muhammad Afzal and high-ups of energy, PEDO and communication departments attended the meeting.
The meeting also discussed hydel generation schemes and proposed Chamkani to Badaber bypass road project (Southern bypass) in detail.
DG FWO informed the meeting that the Chinese government had agreed for provision of financial assistance for the implementation of Swat Express Highway and six hydel projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The chief minister on this occasion directed to handover Balakot, Bata Kondi, Naran, Ghorband, Shagokas and nandihar hydel power projects to FWO for implementation under the prescribed rules.
He also ordered to complete all formalities in this regard soon. Similarly the meeting was also briefed about preparatory arrangements for initiating work on Swat Expressway project. The chief minister while directing to expedite preparatory activities asked the concerned authority to start work on the project in June this year to ensure its completion in December 2017 at every cost.
