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Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Asim Saleem Bajwa has said 88 per cent work on 720 megawatt Karot Hydropower Project has been completed.
In a tweet, he said the project is likely to be completed by April next year.
He said the project is being completed with an investment of 1720 million dollars and it will generate 5,000 direct jobs.
#CPEC: 720 MW Karot Hydropower Project (1st CPEC Hydropower Project), Investment $ 1720 M,88% work been completed, expected completion April 2022. Current local direct employment 5000. Location River Jehlum (Punjab/ AJK)#cpecmakingprogress #PakistanMovingForward pic.twitter.com/szqU0k9zCB
— Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimSBajwa) May 12, 2021