Altaf Hamid Rao;
MIRPUR (AJK): The grand demonstration of ever-lasting closest Pakistan-China friendship, based on deep rooted love and affection between the two countries was seen on the eve of the observance of the June 5 World Environmental Day that observed in Azad Jammu Kashmir under the auspices of the state-run Environmental Protection Agency of AJK with the mutual coordination of the Chinese partners CSAI (China South Asia Investment Limited) with the renewal of the collective pledge to leave no stone unturned to ensure absolutely pollution-free environment in the State through due mutual cooperation and assistance.
Our AJK Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao observed this through the detailed address by Chinese hydro power and environmental expert Mr. Mou Hailei, Pakistan / AJK-based General Manager of CSAIL (China South Asia Investment Limited) and CTG (China Three Gorges), to a grand seminar hosted by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of AJK, on the eve of the World Environment Day at the AJK’s capital city – who declared to extend all possible due assistance by his organization to ensure ever-lasting pollution free in Azad Jammu Kashmir
Mou Hailei said, on behalf of Mr. Qin Guobin, Chief Executive Officer of his Organization, that his organization, experts of the installation of hydro-power projects the world over, was not only interested to launch maximum of investment for the construction hydropower generation projects but also to extend due share for combating against the environmental pollution in the identified areas in the region.
Mou Hailei said while expressing his resolve to safeguard the serene environment of AJK, assured to work with EPA enthusiastically through close cooperation to conserve the nature and natural resources of the State of AJK.
It may be mentioned here that the world-fame Chinese construction concern M/s CSAIL is currently engaged in the construction of three of AJK-based environment-friendly mega hydro power projects including 1124 MW Kohala Hydro Power Project in Muzaffarabad district, 700 MW Mahl Hydro power project over Jhelum river in Bagh district and 720 MW Karote Hydropower projects in Sudhanoti district.
It may be added CTG (China Three Gorges) at present is the proponent of three Hydro power project in Jhelum basin, hence having great stakes in sustainable development.
AJK EPA took lead in celebrations of the World Environment Day this year particularly as the event was organized in close and enthusiastic participation and partnership of CSAI – China South Asia Investment Limited and with the cooperation of other related functionaries’ of Azad Government of the state of Jammu & Kashmir.
The grand WED celebrations lasted for over three days – June 3 to 5, 2018 that started for general awareness through the inaugural session of the recently-formed state-controlled Environmental Protection Council of AJK with the State’s Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan at the Prime Minister Secretariat on the day. It was followed by a seminar at PC Muzaffarabad, presided over the President of AJK Sardar Masood Khan the same evening. The largely attended grand seminar was addressed among others by the President of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Additional Chief Secretary and Secretary AJK Environmental Protection Agency Dr. Syed Asif Hussain Shah, Director General Environmental Protection Agency AJK Raja Muhammad Razaq Khan, Country Representative International Union for Conservation of Nature-Pakistan Muhammad Akhtar Cheema, Prof. Dr. Haleem Khan, Vice Chancellor AJK Women University Bagh, and members of recently-formed Environmental Protection Council of AJK Government including Qamar uz Zamn, former Director General Pakistan Metrological Department, Altaf Hamid Rao, President AJK Environmental Journalist Forum, Raja Arslan Nusrat, CEO Global UK-Based NGO Muslim Hands in AJK, Ch. Murtaza President MCCI, Qin Guobin, CEO CTG CSAIL and others
The grand ceremony was graced through the presence of heads of various national building institutions, Senior AJK EPA officers including Div. Director Mirpur Sardar Idrees Mahmood, Assistant Director Raja Rizwan Ullah – besides large number of the city elite representing all spheres of life including Secretaries and heads of various nation-building institutions of AJK government members of the business fraternity, activists and a large number of people from the civil society.