Work on Dasu hydropower project to resume soon, confirms ministry of foreign affairs

Responding to media queries regarding a notification by the Chinese company, the spokesperson in a statement said “The Chinese construction company, China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) through its latest notification has declared its earlier notice, about contract termination of employment of Pakistani personnel working on Dasu Hydropower Project, null and void.”

He further maintained that matters regarding security and execution of the project were being looked into, and the relevant authorities from Pakistan and China have been in close contact on the same.

Earlier, a Chinese company that is constructing the Dasu dam in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Saturday said it decided to suspend the work after a blast in the northern province killed several engineers.

On Wednesday, a passenger bus had exploded in KP's Upper Kohistan district, killing 13 people, including nine Chinese engineers. The explosion took place when the bus was on its way to Dasu.

"Owing to the explosion attack on July 14th 2021, which has caused extremely heavy casualties, CGGC DASU HPP Management has been forced to suspend the construction of the DASU Hydropower Project," the Chinese company CGGC said in a statement.