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Thar Coal block-I: Minister for providing employment to local people

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Thar Coal block-I

KARACHI: Sindh Energy Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Monday said that Cyno Sindh (Shanghai Electric) working in Thar Block-I should ensure the recruitment of local people and remove the concerns of local political, social and notables. He expressed these views during a meeting with CEO Meng of Cyno Sindh (Shanghai Electric) at his office. Secretary Energy Musaddiq Ahmed Khan was also present on the occasion. Nasir Shah said that the company should recruits local people especially in gardening, security, sanitation, de-watering, pumping sanitation, maintenance, solar plant. He added that…

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Scrapping a coal power avenue

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With energy minister Awais Khan Leghari listing the planned 300MW Gwadar coal power plant amongst projects considered unaffordable for the consumers and hinting at scrapping it — along with several other proposed generation schemes of 10,000MW — the future of the long-stalled project appears more uncertain than ever. The ‘warning’ comes at a time when the imported coal-based plant’s Chinese developer, according to the media reports, has already approached the Private Power and Infrastructure Board (PPIB) to seek its support for negotiating an upward revision in the project cost and…

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