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KPK Govt Announces Kalam-Dir Tourism Corridor

Ministry of Tourism, Sports, Youth, Culture and Archeology Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced a special tourism corridor connecting Kalam to Dir in line with the government’s vision of promoting tourism in the country.

The corridor will be developed with the help of the World Bank, APP reported.

The 114-kilometer long corridor will have 8 prominent resorts along the way. The tourist spots and valleys along the route include Kalam, Anakar valley, Utrore, Gabral, Kumrat, Jahaz Banda, Sheringal and Dir.

A 100km road link will start from Kalam and end at Dir. Another 14-km link will connect Kumrat and Jahaz Banda for easy accessibility to the scenic valley.

Currently, the roads between these spots are in poor condition, however, the new corridor will change the landscape of tourism in the region.

A large number of people don’t prefer to travel to such places mainly because of the road conditions, however, developing road infrastructure will increase the influx of tourists, especially families.

 

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‘Power generation from Suki Kanari dam to start in 2022’
September 30, 2019

Company working on project has diverted water flow from Kunhar River to the mountainside in order to build reservoir. — AFP/File
MANSEHRA: The 870-megawatt Suki Kanari hydropower project, which is the only energy project being executed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor initiative, would start electricity generation in year 2022.

This was stated by MPA Ahmad Hussain Shah while talking to mediapersons on the occasion of water diversion from Kunhar River for building the dam reservoir.

“We need such projects to overcome energy shortfall in the country,” provincial minister for finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra told the water diversion ceremony held in Naran at Kaghan valley.

Provincial ministers Atif Khan and Shahram Tarakai were also present on the occasion.

The company working on the project diverted water flow from Kunhar River to the mountainside in order to build the embankment/dam reservoir.

Atif Khan said that Kaghan valley would now meet the electricity needs of the country. Mr Tarakai said that more such projects were needed to resolve energy crisis in the country. Mr Shah said that besides Suki Kanari power project, the Hazara Motorway was also being completed under the CPEC initiatives.

“I am optimistic that Hazara Motorway would be made operational next month,” he said and added that this motorway would pave the way for promotion of tourism in all parts of the division.

 

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River Closure Ceremony of 870-megawatt Kinari Hydro power Project under China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC Held in Kaghan, KP.

 

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Suki Kinari Hydropower Project - 884MW


River Closure ceremony of Suki Kinari Hydropower Project (Kaghan Valley)

 

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Work on Rashakai Economic Zone to be started next month: KP CM

October 09, 2019

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has signed an agreement with a private group of industries to provide them cheap electricity.

Under the agreement, the provincial government will provide 18 MW electricity from Pehur Hydro Power Project to these industries on ten rupees per unit rate.

It will generate a revenue of more than three hundred million rupees annually.

Speaking on this occasion, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said the government is planning to construct one thousand micro hydro-power projects in different areas of the province to overcome shortage of electricity.

He said Chashma Right Bank Canal is being constructed to develop agriculture in Southern districts of the province.

Mahmood Khan said work on Rashakai Economic Zone will be started next month.

 

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KP Govt Approved Work On 320-km Long Peshawar D I Khan Motorway

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday approved feasibility study and detailed design report of 320-kilometer long Peshawar to D I Khan Motorway project. It said until now three firms including M/S NESPAK, M/S PAVRON Islamabad and M/S ACC Islamabad have been qualified for participation in the bid to be held on October 14.

 

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Hazara Motorway

 

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KP Citizens Can Now Call Rescue 1122 Fire Brigade & Ambulances Using an App

The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has taken on board the online ride-hailing company, Careem, to offer the services of Rescue 1122 on a trial basis in Peshawar.

The service can be availed from the Careem app starting this week. Initially, 50,000 citizens in selected areas of the provincial capital will have access to the facility. The government has announced to extend the service to the other districts of the province in the near future.

The citizens can now book Rescue 1122 vehicles for different emergencies including road accidents, medical emergency, fire, natural calamities, and or any other disaster.

The areas where the service is initially on offer include Haji Camp, Hashtnagri, Faqeerabad, Warsak Road, Saddar Cantt, Kohat Road, Tehkal, University Road, University Town, Hayatabad and nearby areas.

 

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Rashakai economic zone to be inaugurated next month

ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to inaugurate the first economic zone out of the nine envisaged under the Chinese-funded framework next month, as the development in the industrial area is nearing completion.

The decision was taken at the joint working group of CPEC industrial cooperation meeting via video conference. Board of Investment Executive Director General II Qasim Raza Khan and National Development and Reform Commission of China Deputy Director General Gao Jian co-chaired the meeting. Officials from line ministries, provincial governments and embassies attended the meeting.

An official told The News that there are dozens of Chinese and local companies waiting to be joined.

Experts believe that mega project is a major opportunity to change the economic geographies of both the countries, especially of Pakistan under which both the countries plan to establish SEZs alongside the corridor in years to come.

Both sides agreed to jointly accelerate the efforts to enhance the level of industrial cooperation by ensuring concentrated efforts with early provision of utilities and allocation of land. They also discussed the possibility of up-gradation of Pakistan Steel Mills.

Pakistan and China agreed to enhance business to business linkages to facilitate increased level of investment from Chinese enterprises and enhance industrial competitiveness of business in Pakistan through technology transfer, world class managerial and industrial practices and skills transfer.

Both the sides also reviewed progress on prioritised CPEC SEZs including Rashakai, Dhabeji, Alama Iqbal Industrial City. Development agreement related to Rashakai economic zone is in the final stage.

Chinese side expressed keen interest to participate in the bidding process for Dhabheji SEZ. In the process of industrial diagnosis of key industries, the Chinese experts informed that the report of the textile industry diagnosis is ready and would soon be shared by Chinese side.

Under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework, nine economic zones dedicated to industrial development with incentives were to be set up.

The $ 60 billion CPEC kick-started five years back concentrating mainly on construction of roads and motorways and power plants to ensure energy security in the wake of massive power shortfall.

Within a last couple of years, a series of power projects transformed the country into energy-surplus destination from the power-deficient one. CPEC framework envisaged 10,000 megawatts of production capacity.

Special economic zones are the next crucial component after early harvest projects under CPEC. Initially, 27 zones were expected to be set up. The number was now reduced to nine.

 

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Shahid Afridi Sports Complex Under Construction Bara Khyber District. KP

 

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International faculty will be recruited for the University. Subjects like Railway Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mineral Resource Engineering and Agriculture Food Technologies will be offered. KP Govt establishing an International level public university in KP.

Huripur, KP

 

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Uplift of ex-Fata’s power infrastructure planned

November 05, 2019

Projects include construction of 76 new 11kv feeders, rehabilitation of 59 11kv feeders and electrification of villages.





PESHAWAR: The government has planned to inaugurate work on the Rs2 billion projects meant for the development of power infrastructure in the merged tribal districts under the 10-year development plan and annual development plan in the current month.

The projects include the construction of 76 new 11kv feeders, rehabilitation of 59 11kv feeders, and electrification of villages in all merged districts, said a statement issued here on Monday.

Chairing a meeting called here to review the Tesco projects in tribal districts, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan directed the relevant officials to expedite work on the projects executed for electric supply to the erstwhile Fata.

He said funds had been released to the Tesco to upgrade grid stations, transmission lines and 11kv feeders in merged districts.

The officials told the chief minister that the projects under the Ten Years Development Plan would cost Rs2.04 billion and of the required funds, Rs1.43 billion had been released for the start of work on the projects planned for Bajaur, Mohmand, North Waziristan, South Waziristan, Khyber, Orakzai and Kurram districts, and FRs Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, Lakki, DI Khan and Tank.

They also said Rs419 million had been released for the electrification of 440 villages in all districts and FRs under the ADP.

The officials said the projects being executed on an emergency basis included the rehabilitation of Makeen and Tiarza areas in South Waziristan, bifurcation of four 11kv feeders and interlinking of eight 11kv feeders with 132kv new grid station in Khar, Bajaur, and upgradation of 66kv grid stations in Khar and Jandola to 132kv.

They also said of the total amount of Rs3.093 billion for the 10 years development plan, Rs2.165 billion had been released to upgrade 66kv grid stations in Orakzai and Kurram districts.

The officials said the construction of 132kv grid station along with the associated 132kv transmission line in northern Mohmand at an estimated cost of Rs845 million, the augmentation of power transformers in Miramshah and Razmak grid stations, addition of one 40mva power transformer along with transformer bay at 132kv Bara grid station had also been included in the ADP.

The CM said the development of power infrastructure and its capacity was of paramount importance to provide basic services, immediate relief to the residents, and materialise development projects in tribal districts.

Published in Dawn, November 5th, 2019

 

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BRT update (video published on 28th October 2019)

 

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KP govt allocates Rs 50bln for construction of watercourses in different areas of province

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated fifty billion rupees for construction of watercourses in different areas of the province.

A spokesman of agriculture department told Radio Pakistan Peshawar correspondent that the amount will be spent on construction of thirty-two thousand irrigation channels during four years.

The aim of construction of these channels is to prevent wastage of water and soil erosion as well as bring maximum barren land under cultivation to enhance agriculture production in the province.

The spokesman added that small dams are being constructed in southern and tribal districts to promote agriculture in these areas.

 

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Bahrain to Kalam road in Swat nears completion in record time.