Dasu power project: Chinese firm wins Rs2.2b contracts for resettlement

Both were awarded after international competitive bidding, says WAPDA

LAHORE: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has awarded two contracts for the resettlement work pertaining to the Dasu hydroelectric power project.

Both contracts were awarded to the Zhongmei Engineering Group of China after international competitive bidding, Wapda said in a statement on Friday.



A contract namely Dasu-LBRV-11 worth Rs1.2 billion is for the resettlement of people living in Khoshe, Logro and Uchar villages. Likewise, another contract Dasu-LBRV-12 worth Rs1.016 billion is for the resettlement of people of three other villages namely Barseen, Nasirabad and Kaigah/Dhaar.

The resettlement work includes land development, terracing and electrification, road networks, water supply and sewerage system and local amenities like schools, playgrounds, cattle sheds, etc. A deadline of one year has been set for the completion of work under both contracts.

Wapda has been implementing the 4,320-megawatt Dasu hydroelectric power project on Indus River near Dasu town of Kohistan district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.



Apart from awarding different contracts for infrastructure development, two contacts for main civil works for stage-I of the project were awarded in March this year. The civil works are likely to commence in June this year.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 22^nd, 2017.

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