ISLAMABAD, Jan. 6 (INP):  Gwadar has multiple mega projects underway under China-Pakistan  out of which several are expected to be completed in 2022.

According to Gwadar Pro, some of the mega projects to be finished this year include Pakistan- China friendship hospital consisting of 300 beds. The work on hospital is expected to be finished by December this year.

The second project is Gwadar East bay expressway which will connect Gwadar Port to Makran coastal highway. The six-lane expressway will be completed by April 2022.

The repair work of water pipelines inside Gwadar city is also expected to be completed this year. 90% work on the Ankara Kaur Dam is also completed which will provide 2.7 million gallons of water per day.

According to the 6th Session of the Joint Working Group on Gwadar co-chaired by Secretary Planning Development & Special Initiatives Abdul Aziz Uqaili and Ying Xiong, Director General of the National Development & Reforms Commission of China, Government of Pakistan is actively implementing various projects, in close collaboration with the Provincial Government to ensure provision of all the necessary facilities in Gwadar.

The projects include linking Gwadar to the national electricity grid; provision of water to Gwadar city from nearby dams; establishment of University of Gwadar and Gwadar Safe City project and certain other projects in the socio-economic domain.

The meeting noted that the project called Gwadar Free Zone Phase-1 had been successfully completed, while work on the bigger Phase-II, covering an area of 2,221 acres, has started.