ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will arrive in Gwadar on Monday (tomorrow) for a one-day visit to review various development projects in the city.
PM Imran Khan will take part in the foundation-laying ceremony of various development projects in the city and review the pace of China-Pakistan Corridor Projects (CPEC).
The prime minister will be accompanied by several federal ministers during his visit where he will oversee the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) for a 1.2bn gallon water supply project and a desalination plant. He will also oversee the agreement of a grant from China for a solar generator in South Balochistan.
The prime minister has earlier said Pakistan placed the highest priority to the CPEC and has committed to complete its projects, which would open up tremendous opportunities for increased economic growth and development in the region
A day earlier, CPEC Authority Chairman General (retired) Asim Saleem Bajwa had confirmed that Prime Minister Imran Khan would visit Gwadar to review the progress of projects related to the multi-billion dollar mega-project.
Speaking to media persons in Hoshab, Balochistan, the CPEC Authority chairman said there was a special focus on implementation of the Rs600 billion package for development projects in southern Balochistan.
Bajwa said the premier was giving priority to CPEC and the Gwadar Port. He said the completion of the south Balochistan project would allow people to benefit from CPEC, Gwadar port and accessibility to Karachi would increase as well.
“There will be a revolution of development in the area,” he said mentioning that cConstruction work on road infrastructure projects has been accelerated to link Gwadar Port with the north of the country
“A network of roads, which is the dream of the people here, would be laid,” he said. “There are about 80 ongoing schemes and around 200 schemes in this entire [development] package.”
The CPEC chairman said around 39 percent of the development package has been set aside for communication infrastructure and connectivity which includes expansion of Turbat airport and installing
He said numerous projects for provision of clean drinking water were under way for which laying down pipelines, installing desalination plants and construction of 31 dams in nine south Balochistan districts had begun.
Bajwa thanked the locals, security forces and law enforcement agencies in cooperating together to clear the area of terrorists and said a border fence was being erected as well.
