ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated Rs950 million for construction of transmission network from Thar to Matiari and UCG Block-V 8-10 MW pilot project led by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand during the current fiscal year 2013-14.
Official sources told APP here, a sum of Rs. 50 million was earmarked for construction of transmission network and Rs. 900 million for the pilot project.
They said that the transmission project would cost Rs. 22 billion while the total cost of the pilot project was estimated at Rs1.8 billion.
The sources said that the Sindh government was also actively working on coal mining development for power generation based on Thar Coal. Currently the provincial government had also issued three leases to mine developers in Thar, they said.
Giving the details, they said that as per the planned timeliness, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) was planning to initiate mining activity and it would take 3.5 years to reach coal production stage. The SECMC planned to generate power based Thar coal in 2017-18, they added.
The sources said similarly, the other lease holders M/s Sino Sindh Resources Limited and M/s Oracle Coalfields Pvt.Ltd have plans to initiate mining activity in Block-I and VI during 2014.
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