KARACHI: The Sindh government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Chinese company to produce electricity from garbage and agricultural waste in Karachi and other parts of the province, an official said on Friday.
The agreement was signed during Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah’s visit to the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) in Beijing. The CM was in Beijing as part of a Pakistani delegation attending the 6th Joint Committee for Cooperation on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. “Under the MoU, CSIC and its sister company Dewe Group Holding Co Ltd (DGHOL) will produce electricity from garbage lifted in Karachi,” a spokesman for the Sindh CM told news. “The Chinese company will also generate power from agricultural waste collected from rural areas of Sindh,” he added.
“Besides shipbuilding, the CSIC has expertise in producing electricity from garbage. It is also involved in producing wind power,” the spokesman elaborated.
The agreement was signed by Sindh Board of Investment Chairperson Naheed Memon, CSIC Vice President Qian Jianping and DGHOL Vice President Ji Yutao.
