Suki Kinari project achieves dam capping
The Suki Kinari Hydro power Project in the north-western part of Pakistan achieved dam capping this week, marking its entry into a new construction stage.
The successful capping of the concrete dam on Kunhar River will help advance the construction of power station, located in Mansehra district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, under CPEC.
Calling the capping a key milestone of the 884-megawatt hydro power project, Chen Jiangbo, Deputy Manager of Suki Kinari Hydro power Project of China Gezhouba Group Company Ltd.
Which invests in and implements the project, attributed the achievement to the joint efforts made by the Chinese and Pakistani constructors despite multiple challenges.
The hydro power project started construction in January 2017 with a total investment of about 1.96 billion U.S. dollars. It will significantly optimize Pakistan’s energy structure, boosting the country’s economic and social development, said the Chinese deputy manager.
Once getting functional, the CPEC project will annually generate some 3.21 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity, replacing 1.28 million tons of coal and reducing 2.52 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year, he added.
Launched in 2013, the CPEC is a corridor linking Pakistan’s Gwadar port with Kashgar in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighting energy, transport and industrial cooperation.