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Chinese Government provides RMB 45 million grant for Green Parliament Project

¥45M RMB

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Pakistan
Country	Pakistan
Start Date	Oct 29, 2014
End Date	Dec 28, 2026
Duration	4,443 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`53557`

Grant Description

On October 29, 2014, Chinese and Pakistani officials from the two countries signed a RMB 45 million grant agreement for the Green Parliament Project. The purpose of this project is to install a 1 MW solar power system in the parliament house. The solar panel system was installed in February 2016. On February 23, 2016, a lighting ceremony of the Pakistani Parliament Building was held in Islamabad.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif switched on the solar-powered building.

The project was officially completed and handed over to National Assembly Secretariat by the contractor on March 16, 2016.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is located at Parliament House in Islamabad. More detailed locational information is available at https://www.google.com/maps/place/Parliament+House,+Islamabad/@33.7302321,73.0948743,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x38dfc14c69d62589:0x1a1c64b809faba7f!8m2!3d33.7302277!4d73.097063.

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