Karot: China Three Gorges South Asia Investment Ltd (CSAIL) held ‘Public Open Day’ event at Karot Hydropower Project in Pakistan. Qin Guobin, Vice General Manager of China Three Gorges International Limited (CTGI) and Chairman of CSAIL attended event.

Participants included Pakistani government officials, community members of Karot Project, teachers and students of surrounding schools attended. Qin Guobin said total installed capacity of 720 MW and an annual generating capacity of 3.2 billion kWh, Karot Hydropower Project is expected to save 1.4 million tonnes of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3.5 million tonnes each year.

CSAIL issued appointment letters to localised employees and launched vlogging campaign of ‘China Three Gorges in My Eyes’ among new employees, who received ‘China Three Gorges Corporation Scholarship’. In addition, school bags and stationery items were donated to primary school students, and students drew ‘Karot in my mind’ on graffiti wall expressing their interest in Karot Project.

Three Gorges Corporation built more than 20 public welfare projects for local communities, including schools, hospitals and roads, carried out biodiversity conservation and directly or indirectly provided more than 4,500 local jobs every year during construction of project.

They have sponsored 33 students under their scholarship programme to complete their undergraduate studies jointly in Chinese and Pakistani universities. 

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 12 2022

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