PESHAWAR
The construction of Koto power plant in Dir Lower district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has entered the final stage of completion.
After successful completion at the end of this year, the project will start producing 40.8 megawatts of cheap electricity, which will bring more than 2 billion rupees to the province annually and create new employment opportunities in the province. It will help to overcome the crisis.
This was stated by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization (PEDO) Engr. Naeem Khan during his emergency visit to project site on Friday.
Deputy Commissioner Lower Dir Iftikhar Khan Marwat also accompanied him during the visit. He reviewed the progress of work on the project and carefully reviewed the various parts of the project.
About the progress of work on the project, Deputy Director Engineer Muqeem uddin said that due to security reasons, several workers of the team of Chinese engineers working on the project had left their work and went back, while during the Covid-19 emergency, it proved difficult to bring machinery for the project. Due to these reasons, the project work was slightly delayed. However, after the security situation improved, now the Chinese staff is back and working fast again and the machinery has been brought.
He said that there are some difficulties in acquiring land for the project, on which Deputy Commissioner Iftikhar Khan assured the project officials that discussions are in progress with the local people regarding the purchase of land and payments to the landowners would be made soon.
Chief Executive PEDO Engineer Naeem Khan, while expressing satisfaction over the pace of work on the project, warned the field staff that the pace of work on the project should be increased so that the people can benefit from the benefits of the project soon with the timely completion of the remaining work.
The era will begin, which will provide the province with an annual income of billions of rupees as well as new employment opportunities.
