The Chinese government authorities have assured the Sindh government thatthey would pursue Circular Railways, Keti Bandar and other projects toofficially include them in CPEC related projects.

This emerged during a meeting held between Sindh Chief Minister Murad AliShah and a high-powered Chinese government delegation led by ChineseAmbassador in Pakistan Mr Nong Rong.

The other delegation members were Chinese Consul General Mr. Li Bijian,Defence Attaché Maj Gen. Chen Wen Rong, Consular Mr. Bao Zhong, DeputyDefence Attaché Mr Senior Col. Ji Xinqi and others.

The chief minister told the delegation that on the request of hisgovernment Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) was included in CPEC on December3, 2016.

The project was approved and included in 6th Joint Coordination Committee(JCC). He added that the project was approved by ECNEC at a cost of $1.97billion in October 2017.

The visiting high-power delegation assured the chief minister that theywould take up the KCR projects in the CPEC related meeting.

Shah said that Keti bandar was located about 107 km from Thatta city and150 km from Karachi via Gharo which is very promising in terms of futureprospects.

He added that the Keti Bandar project was an important part of the Sindhgovernment strategy towards developing the energy sector.

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