Member Core Committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Senator Taj Haider congratulating the Government of Sindh on the start of the third phase of its Thar Coal Mining Project, has pointed out that as against the present ex- Karachi Port prices of 270 dollars per ton for imported coal, Thar coal will cost a mere 27 dollars per ton on the completion of the third phase, making electricity generation by the local coal the cheapest among all forms of electricity generation.
Senator Taj Haider said that it was a pity that instead of starting rail link between Islamkot and Chor which would enable the transport of the ten times cheaper Thar coal. —INP
