Infrastructure Development in Pakistan

[insight-out]

Marble & other stones are being exported via Gwadar Port

This is just sad. We sell raw material with no value added. These are probably turned into high-end products and then sold at prices that are multiple times the cost of raw material. Wealthy Pakistanis then happily buy those "imported" finished products.

 

[Chakar The Great]

Karachi, aerial view

Murree expressway

 

[ghazi52]

Gulpur Hydropower Plant (GHPP) .. 102 MW is an under construction, run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation project located on Poonch River, a major tributary of Jhelum River near Gulpur in Kotli District of AK.

 

[ghazi52]

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[FuturePAF]

This is just sad. We sell raw material with no value added. These are probably turned into high-end products and then sold at prices that are multiple times the cost of raw material. Wealthy Pakistanis then happily buy those "imported" finished products.

PTI (the new government) has to do an investigation into what factors limit Pakistani companies from exporting finished value-added products and can only sell raw materials. Pakistan need to serious renegotiate trade deals to get access to world market for value added products otherwise we will be no better off with all these trade deals. Pakistan exports raw cotton to Vietnam for textiles as well.

 

[ghazi52]

ISLAMABAD: The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is in the process of approving a $100 million loan for the Karachi Bus Rapid Transit (KBRT) project by the end of this year, it’s learnt.

This would be the second loan to be approved by the bank for projects in Sindh. The AAIB is already processing a request for a loan of $160m for the Karachi water and sewerage services improvement project.

Besides, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to provide $390m for the KBRT project. With this, the total financing by multilateral development banks will cost over $582m. The Sindh government will contribute $92.5m towards the project.

The project, estimated to cost $220m follows priorities set in the ADB country partnership strategy (2015-19), including improving connectivity and access — especially for the poor — by promoting urban public transport systems, and reducing pollution through mass transit systems.

The ADB has already approved $9.7m as the project design advance in the form of a loan from the bank’s ordinary capital resources. This amount is to be used for undertaking project management and coordination of all project preparatory work; undertaking detailed engineering design, and preparing the operational design and business model, including the design of the bus rapid transit.

The Sindh government has expressed its interest to apply to the Green Climate Fund for potential grant financing of the project’s climate change adaption components with an amount of $50m. If such financing is materialised, the ADB financing amount will be reduced accordingly, according to the bank document.

According to an AIIB document, the executive board is expected to approve the financing by the end of this year.

According to 2017 census, Karachi’s population has been estimated at 14.9m, and 23m in the metropolitan area. In the last two decades, Karachi has been able to nearly retain its very high population density of 282 persons per hectare despite an annual increase in its urban extent of 2.2 per cent. This has put an increasing strain on existing infrastructure in all sectors, causing Karachi to be consistently ranked as one of the world’s most unliveable cities. Traffic congestion and induced air and noise play a major role in these poor rankings.

The proposed project will directly benefit an estimated 1.5m people living within 1km radius from the bus rapid transit corridor and off-corridor services. The primary beneficiaries are passengers on existing privately-owned and operated bus lines, and new passengers expected to switch from private cars and motorcycles to the new KBRT system.

The 28km main corridor will be restructured over its entire width, including the KBRT infrastructure comprises 25 stations and dedicated lanes built at-grade in the median. The additional 2km section of the common corridor, including three stations, will also be remodelled to create a mall for pedestrians and the KBRT only, with renovation of historical building facades. The KBRT infrastructure will be completed with two depots, one underground staging facility and off-corridor bus stops.

It is expected that the project will displace some small businesses and major parts of privately-owned permanent commercial structures that exist in the existing right of way.

 

[Xzibitt_]

Hi guys, any news on whether Blue City World Islamabad has received NOC yet from RDA? Really interested in investing with them or Capital Islamabad near RRR.

 

[ghazi52]

Byco distributes 2m Moringa tree seeds

KARACHI: Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited launched its ‘green campaign’ on the nation’s 71st Independence Day at a special tree plantation ceremony held at the Urban Forest park in Clifton, Karachi. Shaniera Akram, wife of renowned Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram, inaugurated the ceremony to plant 1,000 trees at Shahzad Qureshi’s urban forest. A further 2,000 trees have been planted in district Lasbela at Byco’s Bowzer village, near its refinery in Balochistan. Byco has concurrently launched a campaign offering complimentary pouches of 2 million moringa tree seeds to its customers to plant and help ‘make Pakistan green again’. “Pakistan’s green cover has reached alarmingly low levels, falling below 2%. This, along with other factors, has given rise to the Urban Heat Island effect in Karachi and other parts of the country, which claimed the precious lives of thousands of our citizens recently,’’ said BPPL GM and Head of Communications Shehryar Ahmad.

 

[ghazi52]

Engro Polymer Partners With Tianchen Corp for an Integrated Manufacturing Facility

Engro Polymer & Chemicals has announced that it had signed a contract with Tianchen Corp China (TCC) for an integrated manufacturing facility with an annual capacity of 100,000 MT per annum for capacity expansion of its PVC plant.

In continuation of the disclosure provided by Engro Polymer and Chemicals on December 28, 2017, where the company had announced approval of a capacity expansion of PVC production.

Back in December, Engro Polymer & Chemicals revealed that its board of directors approved a capital expenditure of Rs 10.3 billion for the addition of a new PVC Plant and various other projects.

The company planned an addition of a new PVC plant having 100,000 MT (taking total capacity to 295,000 MT per annum) & VCM Plant debottlenecking of 50,000 MT per annum, with target completion in Q3 of 2020.

The capital expenditure was approximately Rs 7.6 billion, which was to be funded through the issuance of right shares of approximately Rs 5.4 billion while the remaining Rs 2.2 billion was to be debt funded.

Other capital expenditures include a new product line by adding Caustic Flaker of 20,000 MT per annum. CAPEX of the project is approximately Rs 0.34 billion with target completion in Q4 of 2018.

EPCL had also approved soda plant upgradation. The capital expenditure for this project was estimated to be around Rs 0.6 billion, with a completion deadline of Q3 2018.

It also included Debottlenecking of Sodium Hypochlorite & Hydrochloric Acid Plants for local/export markets. CAPEX of the project is approximately Rs 0.15 billion with target completion in Q3 of 2018.

EPCL script at the PSX was trading at Rs 34.90, up by Rs 0.64 or +1.87% with a turnover of 8.15 million.

Engro Polymer is a subsidiary of Engro Corporation, involved in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of quality Chlor-Vinyl allied products and PVC under brand name ‘SABZ’.

 

[ghazi52]

PITB is now ready to monitor rain water throughout Lahore by ultrasonic sensors embedded in traffic cones. Will start rolling out with WASA shortly...

 

[ghazi52]

CPEC Western Route:View of N-85 Running from town of Surab in Kalat District to the town of Hoshab via Panjgur, Nag and Basima in Balochistan province, it then connects to M8 motorway. Its total length is 487 km.

 

[ghazi52]

230 Km Abdul Hakeem Motorway section M-3 which is part of PKM. View of Pir Mahal Interchange Lahore Karachi motorway...

 

[ghazi52]

View of Nahakki Tunnel in Mohmand .

Ghalanai-Mamad Ghat Road (45 Km) is located within Mohmand which is bounded by Bajaur to the north, Khyber districts to the south, Malakand and Charsadda districts to the east and Peshawar district to the south east. Ghalanai is administrative seat of the area; while Mamad Ghat is an important locality within the agency connected to Nuristan province of Afghanistan through Nawa Pass; a locality on Pak- Afghan Border.

 

[Peregrine_Falcon]

Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit BRT Aerial HD view documentary latest updates 1080p

 

[ghazi52]

Kohala HydroPower Project

Land acquisition for 1124 MW Kohala Hydropower project is expected to be completed in December as 70% land has already been acquired, a news source reported. The hydropower plant is to be constructed on River Jhelum and it is the biggest project that falls under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

It is expected that development work on the project will formally start in March 2019. Kohala Hydropower Plant will produce 1124 megawatts of electricity, while the project will complete in seven years. The project is being looked after by a company falling under China Three Gorges Corporation. The same company will manage the project for 30 years, after which it will hand over the power plant to Pakistan.