PM Shehbaz Sharif inaugurates a 330 MW power plant under CPEC Block II
THARPARKAR (92 News) - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has inaugurated a 330 MW power plant under CPEC Block II completed by Hubco company in district Tharparkar on Monday.
On the occasion, he was given a detailed briefing about the CPEC projects by Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah. The chief minister briefed that CPEC is a game changer for Pakistan's economy.
“Generating electricity from Thar Coal required an extensive road network, bridges and an airport. The Sindh government built the infrastructure of Thar by spending 750 million dollars. According to the geological Survey of Pakistan, Thar coal has 175 billion tons of coal reserves and it has a total of 13 blocks. We were working on Block II and Block I. In 2014, work was started on a coal mine power project under CPEC and in 2015, the federal government issued a sovereign guarantee for the project,” he added.
Syed Murad Ali Shah said that, the power generation capacity of this power project will increase to 2640 MW by the end of this year.
“23 schools have been established in the Tharparkar with the profits of Thar coal projects, in which 4061 students are studying; besides a 120-bed hospital has also been established in the district for the betterment of the locals,” he concluded.
