KARACHI: Sindh Government will pay one hundred thousand rupees per annum upto 30 years as compensation to 505 families affected by Gorano Dam Site near Thar coal power project of Islamkot in district Tharparker. An important meeting was held on Saturday in this connection, which was presided over by Minister for Energy Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh at his office.

It was decided in the meeting that the Sindh government would pay the first instalment of the amount to the affected families in a ceremony to be held at the Islamkot Power Project site, next month. The compensation will be paid by the Sindh government through the Thar Foundation.

Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh said that the payment of compensation to families affected by the project was already announced by the Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

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