Hydropower Station Project

In the beautiful prospect of 45 billion U.S. dollars (about 280 billion yuan) provided by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan recently in the road, rail and dam construction project, it is difficult to tell when the construction will begin and again in this On the long list of infrastructure projects, which project will start first.

After Xi Jinping left Pakistan, a clue emerged from the announcement last week by the state news media in China: The first project will be a medium-sized hydropower station on the Jillam River with a site about 35 miles east of Islamabad, China funded 40 billion U.S. dollars to establish a Silk Road Fund.

The establishment of a Silk Road Fund to finance China's Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road project, Xi often referred to both plans, saying that their purpose was to land along the routes of Central Asia and Russia and along another maritime thoroughfare The port connects China with Europe.

Pakistan's power shortage is extremely serious, mainly because few people in the country pay for electricity, including the military, including government departments as well. According to Pakistan's State Planning Commission in 2012, the lack of energy has reduced the country's economic growth by at least 2%. Hydro is considered a solution. Chinese state media reported that the project built on the river Guillam called Carlot Hydropower Station is estimated to cost 1.65 billion U.S. dollars and the project will be commercialized. According to the People's Bank of China's website on the People's Bank of China, Silk Road Fund and the World Bank will buy shares in China Three Gorges Nanya Investment Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation, which is building dams in China more and more State-owned super-firm building dams abroad.

Silk Road Fund, together with the Export-Import Bank of China and China Development Bank, will provide loans to Carot Hydropower Corporation, a South Asian subsidiary of Three Gorges, responsible for construction projects.

Electricity generated by the dam will be sold to Pakistan's national grid, which is very shabby and the power it carries is often stolen and the public utilities operating the grid are described as corrupt.

Pakistan's need for hydropower is very much in line with the strength of China's dams. Chinese companies and banks are currently the world's largest dam builder and investor in hydropower projects. According to International Rivers statistics, Chinese companies are involved in some 330 hydroelectric projects in 74 countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, which are aimed at protecting rivers and communities affected by dam projects.

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This is not the first time that China has built a dam in Pakistan. Another state-owned company, Sinohydro, built the Komazan Dam in South Waziristan, a Taliban free-haven, unmanaged tribal area. Several Chinese engineers were abducted during the dam construction.

According to the terms of the plan announced by Xi Jinping, China requires its workers to participate in the new project to be protected and Pakistanis are striving to provide such protection. According to a Pakistani newspaper, Dawn, the government is setting up a 10,000-strong force led by a two-star general to provide protection for Chinese workers. The unit will include personnel from the Pakistani elite commando Army Special Services Group and will have its own airpower.

Peter Bosshard, Acting Executive Director at Rivers International, said that since the completion of China's major dam construction project, the Three Gorges head office has been looking overseas for business and has always been willing to take on projects with greater environmental risks. The project faces fierce opposition from locals in areas such as the Amazon River and the tropical rain forest in Sarawak, Malaysia.