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Shahbaz Sharif visits 1,320MW coal power plant in Sahiwal

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif visited 1,320 megawatt coal power plant in Sahiwal and reviewe
Published May 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2017

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif visited 1,320 megawatt coal power plant in Sahiwal and reviewed progress on the project.

He also presided over a meeting at the site of the project and reviewed the pace of implementation, says a handout issued here on Sunday.

He expressed satisfaction over the fast pace of work on the project. The chief minister also inspected the production unit and control room of the project.

Chinese experts gave a briefing to the chief minister regarding the fast-track progress on the project.

The chief minister expressed great satisfaction over progress of the project and congratulated the Chinese engineers and workers working on the project.

Sahiwal Coal Power Plant, he declared, was a landmark project in the history of the country. In 70 years history of Pakistan, not a single project had been completed in such a little span of time.

Once the project would start operating, it would reduce loadshedding up to 25 per cent during the summers.

After visiting different sections of the plant, the chief minister while talking to the media said Sahiwal Coal Power Plant would generate 1320 megawatts of electricity at a cost of one hundred ninety two billion rupees.

The chief minister said it was the first energy project to be completed speedily under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor.

The first unit of Sahiwal Coal Power Plant would generate 660 megawatt of electricity on May 20 and Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif would inaugurate the first unit of this project. With the help of second plant, 660 megawatt of electricity would be produced in June and the Chinese leadership would also come to attend the inauguration of the plant in Sahiwal.

Hence this project would produce 1,320 megawatts of electricity in such a short span of time which would be added to the national grid and help resolve the ongoing energy crisis in the country.

All the projects of CPEC were being completed in a transparent and speedily manner, he added.

He said international standards had been met in the plant regarding environmental protection.

He said under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the PML-N government was endeavouring to resolve the ongoing energy crisis in the country.

He said those who were creating hurdles in the journey of progress should be stopped.

Shehbaz Sharif appealed to the leaders of political parties to mend their ways. He said such opportunities become available to the nations once in centuries.

He said national resources were looted ruthlessly and corruption was committed by the former rulers. With the help of CPEC, Pakistan was fast moving towards progress and development and those who were against it were enemies of the country.

He said the prime minister was working day and night to resolve problems of the people and by saving billions of rupees in development projects he had set an excellent example.

While responding to the question, the chief minister said he would not let anyone usurp the rights of cultivators. During the current wheat procurement programme, justice would be done with the small cultivators.

Law will come into force against those who usurp the rights of cultivators and the corrupt officials of food department would be sent behind the bars, he added.

While briefing the chief minister, Chinese experts said 30,000 plants and flowers would be grown at the site of Sahiwal Coal Power Plant whereas 10,000 had already been grown.

The chief minister was informed that 250,000 ton stock of coal was present on the site. The chief minister also appreciated the local administration for the administrative and security affairs of the power project.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2017
 

 

 

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