As many as 22 development projects, worth $29.5 billion, are presently at the implementation phase under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). According to documents, which could not be presented in a meeting of Senate Special Committee on the projects of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor as it was postponed in protest against the absence of Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Khusro Bakhtyar, as many as 13 energy projects, worth around $ 17.31 billion, have either been completed or at various phases of completion.
Sahiwal Coal Power project of 1320 MW at cost of $1.912 billion was completed in October 2017, Port Qasim Coal Power Project of 1320 MW of $1.912 billion was commissioned in April 2018 and HUBCO Coal Power Project of 1320 MW at cost of $1.9 billion has been completed and connected to national grid in this month.
About energy projects in Thar, Sindh, Energy Thar Coal Power Project (Thar Block-II Sindh) of 660MW at cost of $ 995.4 million has been completed in current month and Thar Coal Block-I Power Generation Company (Thar Block-II, Sindh) of 1320 MW at cost of $1.9 billion is under FC process. HUBCO Thar Coal Power Project of 330 MW at cost of $497.7 is under construction, its FC has been achieved and it would be completed in March 2021.
According to the documents, the projects including Thal Nova Thar Coal Power Project of 330MW at cost of $497.7 million and Gwadar Coal Project of 300MW are under FC and tariff determination respectively and would be completed in March 2021.
About Infrastructure projects, Thakot-Havelian road construction project of $1.37 billion (concessional loan) will be completed by March 2020 and Karachi-Peshawar Motorway (Mutlan-Sukkur section) at cost of $ 2.98 billion (concessional loan) will be completed in current year.
About Western Route, work is in progress on Hakla-DI Khan Motorway (285 km) and it would be completed in December 2019 while the feasibility and PC-I of DI Khan (Yarik) Zhob (210 km) have been completed. Prime Minister Imran Khan has made groundbreaking on March 29, 2019 of Zhob-Quetta (331 km) road construction project. The constructions of Surab-Hoshab (N-85) project and Gwadar-Turbat-Hoshab (M-8) project have been completed.
Earlier, the members of the committee showed resentment over the absence of the minister from the meeting. They said that committee is very important for CPEC projects. Senator Azam Swati of PTI said that reservations of the committee's members are right and he would bring it in the notice of the Prime Minister.
Committee Chairperson Sherry Rehman said that Chinese government had given comprehensive briefing to all political parties on CPEC projects. She said that it is responsibility of PTI government to brief the parliamentarians on the CPEC projects.
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