Water supply

Water supply is being improved, seven jetties are being constructed and local fishermen are being given motor engine run boats.

Electric Power Supply

A number of electric power generation projects are also being carried out in Gawadar and in its surroundings. The Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO), a subsidiary of the WAPDA, has geared up the work for building the power transmission line. It is expected to be completed. A power station of 132 KV is under construction.

Air Port

Gawadar has a small airport, which is basically meant for fokker aircraft. The need is growing for the expansion of this airport and enlargement of its runway to facilitate the landing of wide body aeroplanes. CAA has been directed to upgrade the Gawadar Airport for the landing of Airbuses by the end of 2004. Gawadar port will be open air and after its inauguration the jet planes shall be landing at the Gawadar airport. A sum of 2.3 million dollars is being utilized from Omani grant. The Pakistan government and the Civil Aviation Authority are also contributing additional Rs. 563.35 million for this purpose. The new international Air Port of Gawadar has been planned in the north east of the final master plan of Gawadar.

Dry Port

China wants to set up a dry port near the Pakistan-China border, so that western China could also benefit from the Gawadar seaport and it will create a ribbon of economic activity and hundreds of new jobs along the proposed highway linking Gawadar with the Karakoram highway in the north.

Rice Zone

Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP)-apex body of the rice exporters in the country- has decided to establish a rice zone in Gawadar to fetch the opportunities in the area after the construction of new port. The establishment of warehouses will provide extraordinary facilities to rice exporters especially for those who export rice to Iran as the Iranian border is only at a distance of three hours from Gawadar.

Saindak Copper Gold

The Saindak Copper Gold project is in progress by producing 12500 tons 'raw copper' daily. MRDL, a Chinese company, is doing the whole work. To ensure successful implementation of the mega project modern machinery, including crushers, smelters and other plants have been installed in addition to a 50 MW powerhouse. 33 km railway line from Taftan to Saindak has also been laid. The Chinese company MRDL has so far invested $25 million (Rs 1.5 billion) on the project.

Trans Afghan Gas Pipe Line

The 1400km-long Trans-Afghan Gas Pipeline (TAP) from Turkmenistan to Gawadar (Pakistan), the long dormant project that hopes to pump Turkmen natural gas to markets in South Asia, is finally poised to step off the drawing board costing $3 billion.

Makran Coastal Highway

The 715 km Makran Coastal Highway linking Gwadar with Karachi on a 675-mile stretch is going to be lifeline of the Gawadar project. It will be completed in four phases. President Musharraf has already performed the groundbreaking ceremony of second phase under which the Frontier Works Organization is constructing Gawadar Pasni patch. Completion of this highway will open up the area exposing all business opportunities in Gawadar and on Makran coast to the international investors. It is certainly going to attract new townships and settlements of international investors, tourists, and workforce coming from distant lands. The Makran coastal highway will also link Karachi with Iran and, thus, open a new and shorter trade route between the two countries. Gaining access to the more lucrative but landlocked central Asian markets via Iran and Afghanistan is also on the cards.

Linking Cars

The Asian Development Bank has also announced financing for road projects, linking Pakistan's Balochistan and Frontier provinces with Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics (CARs), having a total cost of $500 million.

Mirani Dam And Canals

Mirani dam construction is another major endeavor being made to develop water resources in the province. The WAPDA is working on the Mirani Dam Project. Its estimated cost is Rs 7.5 billion. More than Rs15 billion would be spent on this project for which the federal government has provided Rs2 billion in the fiscal year 2002-03. It is expected to irrigate 32,000 acres highly fertile and of Dasht Plains in the downstream while more than 20,000 acres in the upstream through recharge of hundreds of dead and old Kans (deep wells linked up from the bottom ensuring a greater flow of water for domestic use and farming).