LAHORE, Apr 30 (APP): The Pakistan Water and Power
Development Authority (WAPDA) has launched free of cost
air-conditioned transport service for affectees of Dasu
Hydropower Project in Kohistan District of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Province.
The service had been provided as part of WAPDA’s corporate
social responsibility, as per direction of WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen (R) Muzammil Hussain, says a media released issued here on Sunday.
WAPDA General Manager (Project Director) Javed Akhtar and
Kohistan Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Asif along with local
notables inaugurated the transport service.
A 17-seater air-conditioned van had started plying on
a 15-kilometer long route on Karakoram High Way (KKH) from
Dasu bridge to Kaigah bridge and back thrice a day from 7 am
to 7 pm, facilitating students and other people of the area.
It is worth mentioning here that the WAPDA, in addition
to compensating the affectees of Dasu Hydropower Project for
their land and assets, had also allocated huge amount comprising
billions of rupees for uplift schemes in the project area
including communication infrastructure, livelihood support,
area development and improvement in education, electric power
and public health sectors etc.
The 4,320 MW-Dasu Hydropower Project is being implemented
by the WAPDA in two stages of 2,160 MW each on River Indus,
upstream of Dasu Town in Kohistan District.
The project is of immense importance not only for the country
but also for Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Province, as this project will
strengthen the national economy by supplying low-cost hydel
electricity to the grid besides, adding a new chapter of
socio-economic development in the remote and backward areas
of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.