{"id":65454,"date":"2020-05-15T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=65454"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:58:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T09:58:29","slug":"diamer-bhasha-dam-construction-contract-awarded-chinese-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-construction-contract-awarded-chinese-firm.html","title":{"rendered":"Diamer-Bhasha Dam construction contract awarded to Chinese firm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The federal government on Wednesday awarded the Diamer-Bhasha Dam Construction contract to a joint venture of Power China and the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-tconnect-malam-jabba-with-shangla-boost-tourism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP govt to connect Malam Jabba with Shangla to boost tourism; project plan approved<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the publication, Power China and the FWO signed a contract worth PKR 442 billion for the construction of the main dam, a diversion system, the 21-Megawatt Tangir Hydropower Project, and an access bridge. Diamer Basha Dam Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amir Bashir Chaudhry and Yang Jiandu signed the contract on behalf of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and the Power China-FWO joint venture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kpitb-tasked-pave-way-online-issuance-certificates-stamp-papers-land-mutation-deeds-cfc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KPITP tasked to pave way for online issuances of certificates, stamp papers via CFCs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal Minister for Water Resources Muhammad Faisal Vawda, WAPDA Chairman Lieutenant General (retd) Muzammil Hussain, Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing, and FWO Director-General Major General Kamal Azfar were also present during the ceremony, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/gda-seeks-kp-govts-help-promote-tourism-galliyat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GDA seeks KP govt\u2019s help to promote tourism in Galliyat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Faisal Vawda said that the construction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/construction-of-diamer-bhasha-dam-to-start-in-few-weeks-wapda-chairman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diamer Basha Dam <\/a>would begin in a few weeks. WAPDA Chairman Muzzamil Hussain said that the mega project would support economic uplift and social development in the country. He added that given the water and electricity needs of the country, WAPDA was committed to completing the project within the scheduled timeline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The federal government on Wednesday awarded the Diamer-Bhasha Dam Construction contract to a joint venture of Power China and the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), a news source reported. Read: KP govt to connect Malam Jabba with Shangla to boost tourism; project plan approved As per the publication, Power China and the FWO signed a contract worth PKR 442 billion for the construction of the main dam, a diversion system, the 21-Megawatt Tangir Hydropower Project, and an access bridge. Diamer Basha Dam Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amir Bashir Chaudhry and Yang Jiandu signed the contract on behalf of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and the Power China-FWO joint venture. Read: KPITP tasked to pave way for online issuances of certificates, stamp papers via CFCs Federal Minister for Water Resources Muhammad Faisal Vawda, WAPDA Chairman Lieutenant General (retd) Muzammil Hussain, Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing, and FWO Director-General Major General Kamal Azfar were also present during the ceremony, among others. Read: GDA seeks KP govt\u2019s help to promote tourism in Galliyat Minister Faisal Vawda said that the construction of the Diamer Basha Dam would begin in a few weeks. WAPDA Chairman Muzzamil Hussain said that the mega project would support&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":63581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[29067,29068],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-diamer-bhasha-dam-construction-contract","9":"tag-power-china","10":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diamer Bhasha Dam construction contract to Chinese firm - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government on Wednesday awarded the Diamer Bhasha Dam Construction contract to a joint venture of Power China\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-construction-contract-awarded-chinese-firm.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diamer Bhasha Dam construction contract to Chinese firm - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The federal government on Wednesday awarded the Diamer Bhasha Dam Construction contract to a joint venture of Power China\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/diamer-bhasha-dam-construction-contract-awarded-chinese-firm.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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