CPEC: Rs 2 billion Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Training Institute to be completed by December

Quetta: Pakistan-China Technical and Vocational Training Institute with a total cost of Rs 2 billion will be completed by December 2021 in the port city of Gwadar, Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan announced.

The project is being built under the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). 

The Institute would help fulfilling maritime skilled manpower requirements of the Gwadar Port after the development of industrial projects including the Gwadar Port Free Zone, Export Processing Zone and other industrial and port-related projects.

The Institute would comprise a main building, having two blocks, an administration block, four workshops, cafeteria, hostels, parking areas, an examination block and a teachers lodging facility.

In a Twitter message, Chief Minister Khan said the project was being built under CPEC in the Gwadar port city. He said the project was aimed at creating state-of-the-art vocational and technical training institute in Gwadar.

“The project will enhance skills of local population of Gwadar to participate in the growth of the Port City and bring investment, business and tourism to the area,” the CM tweeted.

This project aims at creating state-of-the-art vocational and technical training institute in the port city of Gwadar.