A project to generate 330 megawatts of electricity from local coal in Sindh’s Tharparkar district has been inaugurated on Friday.
Pakistan People’s Party, MNA Mahesh Kumar Malani inaugurated the project to generate 330 MW of electricity in Tharparkar as CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah could not reach the area due to a problem in his helicopter.
MNA Mahes Kumar Malani said that the production of electricity from local coal will reduce the dependence on imported fuel. With the inauguration of the project, the production of electricity from Thar coal has increased to about 3,000 megawatts.
Kumar said it was the vision of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, which has been completed by the PPP government.
The PPP lawmaker said that an energy revolution is coming in Pakistan with the use of coal from Thar, 100,000 megawatts of electricity can be generated from Thar’s coal deposits for 200 years.
