CPEC: 720MW Karot hydropower project makes a big headway

CPEC: 720MW Karot hydropower project makes a big headway

ISLAMABAD – The Karot Hydropower Project worth $1,780 million under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor will be completed by April 2021.

Up to 88 percent of the work on the Karot Hydropower Project has been completed, this was announced by CPEC Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bjawa in a tweet.

The hydro power project is being built on the River Jhelum. The 720-megawatt Karot Hydropower Project has the capability to generate 3.249 billion units of clean electricity per year for the national grid.