Wapda, SCO sign Rs14.06 billion agreements for Dasu, Chilas Safe City projects

Wapda and the Special Communications Organization have entered into agreements worth Rs14.06 billion to establish Safe City projects in Dasu and Chilas, Profit by Pakistan Today reported. The Dasu portion is valued at Rs6.38 billion, while Rs7.68 billion is allocated for the Chilas scheme. The two projects have an agreed 11-month implementation period.

The documents were signed at Wapda House in Lahore, with Wapda Chairman Lt Gen Muhammad Saeed (retd) and SCO Director General Maj Gen Sajjad Haider Khan attending. Amir Shafiq-ur-Rehman, the Dasu hydropower project’s general manager and project director, signed the Dasu agreement alongside SCO’s Brig Syed Saeb Imam Zaidi (retd). Arif Ali, chief engineer and project director for Diamer Basha Dam, signed the Chilas agreement with the same SCO official.