Nargis Sethi being briefed about ground levelling Gaddani Power Plant. PHOTO:PID
On a visit to the site of the power plant in Gaddani, Sethi directed that in awarding the contract for land-levelling, a transparent process must be adopted.
Sethi also directed immediate identification of land in order to establish schools, hospitals and technical training to benefit the people residing in the area.
On May 24, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had cleared the decks for two coal-based power plants of 1,320MW at Gaddani Power Park.
The master plan of Gadani Power Park envisages construction of 10 coal-fired power plants, each having capacity of generating 660MW of electricity. It also provides for construction of a jetty, where coal will be unloaded from ships.
The project will have all the required facilities, including cooling plants, conveyer belts, storage facilities and ash disposal mechanism. The plan also envisages connecting the plants with the national grid.
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@usman786: I agree however Thar coal is not bituminous coal, which has a the highest heat giving capacity. Lignite which the coal found in Thar is of far less burning value with lot more ash and sulphur and mercury. That is the nature of the beast, what can you do, eventually they will use it as it is indigenous. However to start these power plants and get maximum out of them we will have use imported coal, which is plentiful.
Why does Sindh build projects instead if pointing fingers at the development projects in Punjab. If Punjab is building projects from their money why foes Sind not develop projects from their own budgets. Oh I forgot it goes on batta.
@Jahangir Chauhana: Why Gaddani? well a number of many important reasons. 1) First coal is the cheapest source of energy that is out there after hydro 2) It is much more cheaper to import coal than to extract it from thar, thar coal is is not good grade, wet and too deep. it is also not very good to extract wet goal as it will leach sulpher and other pollutants into the underground water of sind. and will be much worse environmentally than ruining on one beach area. 3) imported coal need sea access which gaddani has 4) it is very close to the hub power plant and will be very easy and cheap to connect to the national grid. 5) land is cheap that government can acquire it to bring down the cost of the project. 6) lastly if you really care about the enviroment, try to clean up and protect beaches right next to karachi city, where people will actually visit and not gaddani, which hardly anyone visits, it is not a tourist spot by any stretch of imagination.
@Ahmed Iqbal: Can you explain further, what does it mean what you said in your incomplete message.Please there are hundred of places to build such project why to destroy a pristine beach and it's beauty for the sake of electricity when they can find so many other place sin Sindh and Punjab for this purpose.Why Metro bus is for lahore and metro train is for lahore not for the biggest city of Pakistan which is Karachi which deserves the most and whenever someone raise finger over people start raising question about the future of the country.
Mr Nawaz Sharif all set in the right direction, hope maximum of his projects completes in his tenure.
@Jahangir Chauhan: @Concerned Citizen: THERE'S NO HOPE LEFT IN THIS COUNTRY. WHY EVEN...
This beautiful Balochistan beach area will be destroyed by this coal project why don't they make them in Sindh or Punjab.
@Concerned Citizen, I'd rather have 24/7 electricity for homes and factories than a beautiful beach. We have many other beautiful beaches also, so you can go 50KM further to enjoy them :)
and still we will not this money to improvise our Thar coal.
What a beautiful beach about to be destroyed!
Just show this to Opportunist Imran Khan who stated today that Pakistan is only Punjab.