{"id":66129,"date":"2020-06-03T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=66129"},"modified":"2020-06-02T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T12:47:35","slug":"deal-kohala-power-project-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/deal-kohala-power-project-signed.html","title":{"rendered":"Deal for Kohala Power Project signed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government recently signed a USD 2.4 billion deal with a Chinese corporation and the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) for the development of the 1,124-megawatt Kohala hydroelectric power project \u2014 a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-to-construct-kohala-hydropower-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chinese firm to construct Kohala Hydropower Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project will annually produce nearly five billion units of clean and low-cost electricity to be used by consumers in AJK and throughout the country. This is one of the largest investments in independent power producer (IPP) in Pakistan and AJK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan chaired a meeting of the PPIB on Monday. On the occasion, he praised the board for its role in improving the state of hydroelectric power generation in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/land-acquisition-for-kohala-hydropower-project-to-complete-december.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Land acquisition for Kohala Hydropower project to complete in December<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PPIB Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza took the opportunity to brief the meeting on upcoming IPPs. Considering the fact that a number of these projects may be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the board also approved of an extension for a number of projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government recently signed a USD 2.4 billion deal with a Chinese corporation and the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) for the development of the 1,124-megawatt Kohala hydroelectric power project \u2014 a news source reported. Read: Chinese firm to construct Kohala Hydropower Project The project will annually produce nearly five billion units of clean and low-cost electricity to be used by consumers in AJK and throughout the country. This is one of the largest investments in independent power producer (IPP) in Pakistan and AJK. The Federal Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan chaired a meeting of the PPIB on Monday. On the occasion, he praised the board for its role in improving the state of hydroelectric power generation in the country. Read: Land acquisition for Kohala Hydropower project to complete in December PPIB Managing Director Shah Jahan Mirza took the opportunity to brief the meeting on upcoming IPPs. Considering the fact that a number of these projects may be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the board also approved of an extension for a number of projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":61784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[30702],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-66129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-deal-for-kohala-power-project-signed","9":"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>Deal for Kohala Power Project signed - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government recently signed a USD 2.4 billion deal with a Chinese corporation and the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) for the development of the 1,124-megawatt Kohala hydroelectric power project \u2014 a news source reported.\" \/>\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\/deal-kohala-power-project-signed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deal for Kohala Power Project signed - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government recently signed a USD 2.4 billion deal with a Chinese corporation and the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) for the development of the 1,124-megawatt Kohala hydroelectric power project \u2014 a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/deal-kohala-power-project-signed.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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