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TRADE CHRONICLE<br />
Thar power projects to be completed<br />
ahead of schedule<br />
Thar coal mining and 660MW power project in Thar<br />
Block II will be completed ahead of the scheduled<br />
rd<br />
time, the commissioning date is set at 3 <strong>June</strong> 2019,<br />
said the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company<br />
(SECMC) Chief, Shamsuddin Ahmed Shaikh in a<br />
statement recently.<br />
“Despite declaring Gorano reservoir project<br />
technically and environmentally sound by the judicial<br />
committee of Sindh High Court, we are ready to talk<br />
with the protesters to remove their concerns which<br />
were created by misinformation”, he was addressing<br />
to an Iftar Dinner ceremony held in Mithi the other<br />
evening.<br />
Mrs. Sadia Rashid, President Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, is giving award<br />
on Best Documentary Feature at Film Festival Award Ceremony. Mr. Farrukh<br />
Imdad, Director General, Hamdard Foundation Pakistan is also present on<br />
Sharing the details of the coal mining project, Mr.<br />
Shaikh said that the company has achieved 40 percent<br />
of mining and 33 percent progress on the power<br />
projects in 15 months after the financial closure<br />
achieved in April 2016.<br />
“The total duration envisaged for completion of the<br />
project was set at 42 months, but the pace of the work<br />
ensures us of its completion in 38 months instead,” he<br />
added. He asserted that he strongly believes that<br />
benefits from the coal projects in Thar should go to the<br />
locals of Thar before the rest of the country and, that's<br />
why, he added, the company has started interventions<br />
in education, health, livelihood, and drinking water<br />
sectors for the people of the area – and the schemes<br />
have already started benefiting the locales.<br />
Member of Sindh Assembly from district Tharparkar,<br />
Dr. Mahesh Malani said that Thar Coal Block II<br />
project is one of the largest of the energy schemes of<br />
Pakistan and it is a blessing for the people of Thar. Dr.<br />
Malani assured that Sindh Government through its<br />
elected representatives is ready to guarantee that no<br />
damage would occur to the locales living around the<br />
Gorrano Reservoir. He also said that the government<br />
was considering a package for the Gorrano<br />
community which would be announced soon.<br />
Addressing the question pertaining to the<br />
technicalities of the Gorrano reservoir, he said that the<br />
feasibility study has been prepared by the reputable<br />
international firms and it is in no one's favour to<br />
challenge their reports which have been carefully<br />
drafted after comprehensive research considering all<br />
aspects.<br />
He said that contrary to the misconception spread by<br />
certain elements, the project shall benefit the Thar and<br />
Tharis on a large scale which would surely change the<br />
face of the area from being a poverty-stricken to a<br />
prosperous region.<br />
Mr. Usama Qureshi, Managing Director & CEO, Hamdard Laboratories Waqf<br />
Pakistan is giving interview, on the occasion of launching ceremony of ARY FILM<br />
Festival at a local hotel.<br />
Mrs. Sadia Rashid,<br />
President, Hamdard<br />
Foundation Pakistan<br />
along with Usama<br />
Qureshi, Managing<br />
Director and CEO,<br />
H a m d a r d<br />
Laboratories (Waqf)<br />
Pakistan, distributing<br />
Ramadan ration bags<br />
among the poor and<br />
the needy at Al-<br />
M a j i d H a m d a rd<br />
Centre, Nazimabad,<br />
Karachi.<br />
TRADE CHRONICLE - <strong>May</strong>.~Jun. <strong>2017</strong> - Page # 29
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