Dasu project: WAPDA signs Rs571m contract for resettlement sites

LAHORE:

Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has signed a contract worth Rs571.95 million with China Railway First Group for construction at resettlement sites and building the Shatial museum - two schemes that are part of the Dasu hydroelectric power project.

The contract, inked on Tuesday, includes construction at three sites for the resettlement of displaced people belonging to Choochang village and developing an open-air museum at the archeological site of Shatial to conserve pre-historic rock carvings, says Wapda in a press release. Work on these schemes is expected to be completed in one and a half years.

Dasu project General Manager (Wapda) Haji Muhammad Farooq Ahmed and China Railway Deputy Director Zhang Yong signed the agreement at the Wapda House. Speaking on the occasion, Wapda Chairman Zafar Mahmood said the power project was of immense importance.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 16^th, 2015.

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