Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting, here on Saturday, which reviewed the progress of Sahiwal coal power project. Head of Sahiwal Coal Power Project Song Taiji gave a briefing about the project. Addressing the meeting, the chief minister said that promotion of industrial, trade and economic activities is essential for early controlling of energy crisis in the country. He said the government is utilizing all out resources for overcoming shortage of electricity. He said that work on energy projects is being carried out speedily.
Shahbaz Sharif said, "Work is continuing on generation of energy through coal, hydel, wind, solar, gas and other alternate sources. He said that initial design of Sahiwal coal power project has been prepared and an agreement made with the Railways for transportation of coal from Karachi". He said that two coal power projects of 660MW each are being set up in Sahiwal and a total of 1320MW electricity will be generated from this project. The chief minister said that the project would be implemented transparently by ensuring high quality and speed. He said that this project of national importance will be completed in 2017.
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