MANSEHRA – Chinese company will resume work on the 4,320-megawatt Dasu hydropower project today after halt of operations on the project in the wake of 13 deaths, including nine Chinese workers in a bus blast on July 13, 2021. “The security of Dasu project area has been improved by the Wapda and the site work will resume gradually from October 25, 2021,” states a notice issued by the Gezhouba Group of Companies to its Pakistani engineers, workers and other staffers on Sunday. The Pakistani staffers called on the duty saying that according to requirements of the site work all those who worked with the CGGC before were informed through that notice to get ready to return to work. “The specific return time of every staffer will be determined by phone call from Chinese leaders of the departments,” said the notice. The staffers were also asked to bring with them the coronavirus vaccination and non-criminal record certificates while workers belonging to the Dasu area shall take medical certificates from the local clinic. Investigating the bus explosion, the joint investigation team including the army and security agencies claimed the involvement of Indian and Afghan spy agencies behind the incident and they said the vehicle used in the explosion had been brought from Afghanistan. The resumption of work on the World Bank-funded project became possible following the continued talks between the Pakistani team led by Chairman Wapda Lt-Gen Muzammil Hussain and CGGC.It is important to note that two teams of the World Bank visited Upper Kohistan and also saw the blast site.