Thar coal: ‘Power shortages can be overcome’

Says Mehran University VC Abdul Qadeer Khan Rajput.


APP July 09, 2013 Less than a minute read
Rs12b is allocated by the Sindh government for development of Thar coal in the provincial budget for fiscal 2014. PHOTO: FILE

HYDERABAD: Pakistan’s power crisis could be resolved by proper utilisation of coal deposits in Tharparkar, said Mehran University of Engineering and Technology vice-chancellor Prof. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Rajput.

“The power situation could be reined in inside four or five years by establishing coal-based power generation units,” he said. “If India and China can do it then Pakistan could also attain self-sufficiency by adopting the same method.”

Published in The Express Tribune, July 10th, 2013.

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