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Sindh urged to develop infrastructure in Thar coalfield
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has asked Sindh government to begin and expedite work on infrastructure development in Thar coalfield to facilitate the upcoming coal-based power projects.He was chairing a high level meeting, which reviewed the progress on Thar coalfield and upcoming power projects at Chief Minister House here Friday.
He also assured his full support to the development of coalfield and sponsors of coal-based power projects.
Earlier, the President was informed that the bankable feasibility of Thar coal project will be ready by the end of August this year.
The meeting was told that the quality of coal has been much better than expected because it contains lower moisture than lignite used in other parts of the world.
He was told that the infrastructure development would need more funds than the allocations in PSDP. The total estimated cost of infrastructure development is more than Rs 148 billion.
MD TCEB Ejaz Ali Khan along with SECMC Khalid Mansoor gave a detailed presentation with regard to ongoing progress on Sindh-Engro JV Project and said it has entered a critical phase where availability of infrastructure has to match the project time-lines.
They said that in the first phase 1200 megawatts of power will be generated from coal and this will be further enhanced to 4000 MW in next phase.
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