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Islamabad, May 8 (PTI) The USD 60-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is running behind schedule with only three out of its 15 projects completed, according to a media report on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Till date, Pakistan has completed only three CPEC projects in Gwadar worth USD 300 million, Express Tribune newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
A dozen projects worth upto USD 2 billion remain unfinished including water supply and electricity generation, the news article quoted the CPEC Authority.<\/p>\n
The ambitious CPEC is a 3,000-km long route of infrastructure projects connecting China’s northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Gwadar Port in the western Pakistan province of Balochistan.<\/p>\n
India has protested to China over the CPEC as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).<\/p>\n
As per a progress review, the CPEC authority said all works relating to the socio-economic benefits in Gwadar were running behind schedule.<\/p>\n
The completed projects are USD 4 million Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan, the Physical Infrastructure of Gwadar Port, construction of Free Zone Phase-1 costing USD 300 million and the Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute built from a USD 10-million Chinese grant.<\/p>\n
Presently, Gwadar port area does not have its own power generation and water supply sources. The port area imports its electricity from neighbouring Iran.<\/p>\n
The Express Tribune report said Gwadar’s water demand by 2020 would be 20 million gallons per day, as against the earlier supply of only 2 million gallons.<\/p>\n
The CPEC includes laying pipelines from Swad Dam and Shadi Kure Dam with a capacity of 5 million gallons per day and 2.5 million gallons per day respectively.<\/p>\n
However, these works are far from completion.<\/p>\n
Last month, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal passed orders to begin the process of abolition of the CPEC Authority, saying it was a “redundant organisation” that wasted resources and thwarted speedy implementation of the regional connectivity programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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