CPEC western routes to be completed in three years
CPEC Authority chairman says no power in the world can stop project
Chairman China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa. PHOTO: TWITTER/@AsimSBajwa
KARACHI:
The western alignment routes of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will be completed in around three years while the country is entering the second phase of CPEC that primarily focuses on agriculture and mass industrialisation, said CPEC Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa.
Speaking to businessmen at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), he said that work on the western alignment was underway on the route from Islamabad to Dera Ismail Khan and from Dera Ismail Khan to Zhob.
National
April 26, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Chairman China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Lt General (R) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Sunday said work on the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Western route was in full swing.
He said the Hakla-DIKhan motorway was near completion and would likely be opened for traffic in August/September this year.
“Hakla-DI Khan Motorway construction work is in full swing, current progress is 86 percent.Will be commissioned by Aug/Sep,” he said in his tweet.
The Chairman informed that with priority on the Western route now, two other segments (Zhob-Quetta, Hoshab-Awaran) had already been started.
According to an official in CPEC Authority, under the CPEC, some 1,100 kilometer roads had been completed while 850 kilometres were under construction.
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Daily Times
April 20, 2021
First Chinese industry on Monday laid its foundation in the CPEC Rashakai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and have started work in the Zone. Chairman China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Lt. General (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa visited the site along with Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong. In his tweet Asim Bajwa said the SEZ was progressing well and all the amenities including power, gas, access road, security wall were being provided as per envisaged time lines. Meanwhile, an official of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment told APP that the SEZ Committee of Rashakai Special Economic Zone had allocated 40 acres of land to Century Steel (Pvt) Ltd, which was owned by Fuzhou Julitaihe International Company. The Century Steel has to invest US $ 50 million and will produce 250,000 tons steel products at their plant in the Rashakai SEZ.