change the route of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor.

[desert_bird]

Re: change the route of the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor.

@Jolie

This has to be epic proportion of political score settling by shameless PMLN. Look at the share of KPK.** Most Punjab based projects will be completed by 2018, but one major KPK project will be completed by 2020**, and that too is an energy project that contributes to national grid. I hope KPK keeps fighting for its rights. All these Punjabi chauvinists can take a hike.

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Read this with your eyes wide open, also google how much time needed for any medium scale hydro power project !

The hydropower projects installed in KPK in 1960s and 1970s are still functioning. These new projects will also last for decades and will be a permanent source of income for the province. Not only this, projects launched by the present government will once again make the KP as the biggest hub of electricity production in the country. The electricity produced in KP will also be the cheapest. The LNG or coal-based projects in Punjab are temporary projects to address emergency needs. These power projects in Punjab are being installed at places where costs and lines loses of transmission lines can be minimized.

KPK (9,230 MW) more than $11.6 billion: Sukki Kinari Hydro Power Station ($1.8 billion) 870 MW, Dasu Hydro Power Project (around $8.6 billion) 4,320, Tarbela IV & V Extension ($928 million and $796 million respectively totaling $1.72 billion) 2,700 MW, KASA 1300 Transmission Line (more than $1.5 billion) 1000, Alai Khawar Hydro Power Project 121 MW, Khan Khawar Hydro Power Project 72 MW, Dabeer Khawar Hydro Power Project 130 MW, Gomalzam Hydro Power Project 17 MW. -

These projects will remain functional for around two decades and will be feasible only when fuel will be available on desirable rates. Coal and LNG based projects cannot be installed in KPK as these will not be feasible or financially viable in any way because of transportation/moving cost of input fuel. Strategically, power projects are scattered across the country to counter emergency situations. Big and more efficient hydropower projects, in addition to those discussed above, can be installed in KPK instead of installing LNG or coal based plants. According to officials, federal government in collaboration with China is already finalizing a study for the possibility of such hydropower projects in KPK. Officials say that so far results suggest that there is a room for production of more than 30,000 MW electricity. Such hydropower projects cannot be made in Punjab on this scale. Despite claims, the present KPK government could not add even 1 MW of electricity to the national grid by completing any hydropower project because of preoccupation in the D-Chowk sit-ins and now in a campaign regarding CPEC.

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