Koto Power Project in Dir Lower district will start generating electricity this year

PESHAWAR, March 24 (ONLINE): The construction of Koto power plant in Dir Lower district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has entered the final stage of completion. After successful completion at the end of this year, the project will start producing 40.8 megawatts of cheap electricity, which will bring more than 2 billion rupees to the province annually and create new employment opportunities in the province. It will help to overcome the crisis.

Chief Executive PEDO Engr. Naeem Khan while making an emergency visit to the Koto Hydropower project site expressed these views. On this occasion, Deputy Commissioner Lower Dir Iftikhar Khan Marwat accompanied him. CEO PEDO reviewed the progress of work on the project and carefully reviewed the various parts of the project.

About the progress of work on the project, Deputy Director Engineer Muqeem uddin said that due to security reasons, several workers of the team of Chinese engineers working on the project had left their work and went back, while during the Covid-19 emergency, it proved difficult to bring machinery for the project. Due to these reasons, the project work slight delayed. However, after the security situation improved, now the Chinese staff is back and working fast again and the machinery has been brought.

He said that there are some difficulties in acquiring land for the project, on which Deputy Commissioner Iftikhar Khan assured the project officials that discussions are in progress with the local people regarding the purchase of land and payments would be made soon to the landowners soon.

Chief Executive PEDO Engineer Naeem Khan, while expressing satisfaction with the speed of work on the project, warned the field staff that the pace of work on the project should be increased so that the people can benefit from the benefits of the project soon with the timely completion of the remaining work. The era will begin, which will provide the province with an annual income of billions of rupees as well as new employment opportunities.