KARACHI: Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has directed the authorities concerned to speed up pace of work at the Thar power projects.
The Sindh chief minister issued the directive, while presiding over the 19th Thar Coal and Energy Board meeting at the Chief Minister’s House. “We have to produce power from Thar coal. This was envisioned by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and I am committed to make it come true,” he said.
The meeting was attended by finance and energy minister Murad Ali Shah, MNA Shazia Marri, chief secretary Siddique Memon, MPA Rubina Qaim Khani, energy secretary Agha Wasif, and Thar Coal and Energy Board managing director Aijaz Ahmed Khan.
Giving a presentation to the chief minister, Aijaz Ahmed said the Sino-Sindh Global Mining had been allocated block I in the Thar coal field where it had launched a $0.85 million open-pit coal mining project of 6.5 tons per annum and would also install four power plants, each producing 330MW, at a cost of $1.1 billion.
