Mansehra: The work on Suki Kinari Hydropower project is in progress despite the lockdown, a news source reported. The labourers had earlier been given the option of either staying at the work site or going on leaves in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the project’s Deputy Director Commercial and
Technical Affairs, Bilal Khan, all the precautions have been taken in line with
the measures introduced by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. Each labourer is
being screened before going to the worksite, he added.
The dam is being developed at the Kunhar River in Kaghan valley.
In a related development, the National Bank of Pakistan has
begun depositing salaries of more than 100,000 government employees of Mansehra
and Battagram districts in their accounts. To this effect, NBP Regional
Director Nadeem Ahmad said that the measure is being taken in effort to contain
the coronavirus pandemic.
