UPPER KOHISTAN: A CHINESE COMPANY
ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DISODIUM HAS STARTED WORK
A Chinese company in charge of the construction of Dasu Dam in Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province has resumed construction of the dam on Monday, October 25.
Work on Dasu Hydro Power Project was stopped for 3 months and 10 days. A prayer service was also held at Bersin on Monday, October 25, before work began. Officers and management of WAPDA and the Chinese company attended the function. According to the company management, the complete restoration of work on the project will be done in stages. Corona vaccination and police clearance certificate have been made mandatory for locals and non-locals working on the project.
Upper Kohistan Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Arif Khan Yousafzai in a conversation with media representatives confirmed that work on Dasu Dam will start from today.
Security has been beefed up by the government to enhance the security of the project staff, while nine new police check posts have been set up in the Dasu Power Project area. DPO Malik Ijaz Ahmed said that extraordinary and foolproof arrangements have been made for the security of the project.
Troops from security agencies have been deployed from the residential area to the construction site.
It is to be noted that work on Dasu Power Project was stopped on July 14 this year after an explosion in a bus carrying employees. The blast killed 12 people, including nine Chinese and three Pakistanis. The bus was carrying a construction team of Chinese engineers and local employees from the residential camps to the workplace.
The incident was initially described by Pakistani authorities as an accident, but was later recognized by security and investigative agencies as a terrorist incident. In addition to top security, political and diplomatic officials from neighboring China, representatives of the World Bank also visited Upper Kohistan to investigate the incident.
It is estimated that about 45 Chinese companies are currently working on various construction projects across the country, including C-Pack projects.
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