<p>The $60-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is running behind schedule with only three out of its 15 projects completed, according to a media report on Sunday.</p>.<p>Till date, Pakistan has completed only three CPEC projects in Gwadar worth $300 million, Express Tribune newspaper reported.</p>.<p>A dozen projects worth upto $2 billion remain unfinished including water supply and electricity generation, the news article quoted the CPEC Authority.</p>.<p>The ambitious CPEC is a 3,000-km long route of infrastructure projects connecting China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Gwadar Port in the western Pakistan province of Balochistan.</p>.<p>India has protested to China over the CPEC as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).</p>.<p>As per a progress review, the CPEC authority said all works relating to the socio-economic benefits in Gwadar were running behind schedule.</p>.<p>The completed projects are $4 million Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan, the Physical Infrastructure of Gwadar Port, construction of Free Zone Phase-1 costing $300 million and the Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute built from a $10-million Chinese grant.</p>.<p>Presently, Gwadar port area does not have its own power generation and water supply sources. The port area imports its electricity from neighbouring Iran.</p>.<p>The Express Tribune report said Gwadar's water demand by 2020 would be 20 million gallons per day, as against the earlier supply of only 2 million gallons.</p>.<p>The CPEC includes laying pipelines from Swad Dam and Shadi Kure Dam with a capacity of 5 million gallons per day and 2.5 million gallons per day respectively.</p>.<p>However, these works are far from completion.</p>.<p>Last month, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal passed orders to begin the process of abolition of the CPEC Authority, saying it was a "redundant organisation" that wasted resources and thwarted speedy implementation of the regional connectivity programme.</p>
<p>The $60-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is running behind schedule with only three out of its 15 projects completed, according to a media report on Sunday.</p>.<p>Till date, Pakistan has completed only three CPEC projects in Gwadar worth $300 million, Express Tribune newspaper reported.</p>.<p>A dozen projects worth upto $2 billion remain unfinished including water supply and electricity generation, the news article quoted the CPEC Authority.</p>.<p>The ambitious CPEC is a 3,000-km long route of infrastructure projects connecting China's northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the Gwadar Port in the western Pakistan province of Balochistan.</p>.<p>India has protested to China over the CPEC as it is being laid through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).</p>.<p>As per a progress review, the CPEC authority said all works relating to the socio-economic benefits in Gwadar were running behind schedule.</p>.<p>The completed projects are $4 million Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan, the Physical Infrastructure of Gwadar Port, construction of Free Zone Phase-1 costing $300 million and the Pak-China Technical and Vocational Institute built from a $10-million Chinese grant.</p>.<p>Presently, Gwadar port area does not have its own power generation and water supply sources. The port area imports its electricity from neighbouring Iran.</p>.<p>The Express Tribune report said Gwadar's water demand by 2020 would be 20 million gallons per day, as against the earlier supply of only 2 million gallons.</p>.<p>The CPEC includes laying pipelines from Swad Dam and Shadi Kure Dam with a capacity of 5 million gallons per day and 2.5 million gallons per day respectively.</p>.<p>However, these works are far from completion.</p>.<p>Last month, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal passed orders to begin the process of abolition of the CPEC Authority, saying it was a "redundant organisation" that wasted resources and thwarted speedy implementation of the regional connectivity programme.</p>