*KARACHI: The first 330-megawatt power plant based on Thar coal wasconnected to the national grid after it started generating power from theworld’s seventh largest coal reserves.*
This was announced by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on his officialTwitter account.
“What a great day for Pakistan! The first 330MW power plant based on Tharcoal synced with National Grid,” he tweeted. “Grateful to Almighty Allah,and humbled to have been able to play a small part as Sindh is firmlyputting Pakistan on the road to energy security!”View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link
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What a great day for Pakistan! The first 330MW power plant based on Tharcoal synced with National Grid. Grateful to Almighty Allah, and humbled tohave been able to play a small part as Sindh is firmly putting Pakistan onthe road to energy security!
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Date:18th March 2019. Time:10:46pm. The beginning of Thar changingPakistan! #TharBadlegaPakistalink Ads infoand privacy link
Work on coal mining in Thar block II, and power plant near the site of coalmining started in 2016 and was earlier scheduled to be completed by June2019, but due to fast pace of the work, the project is said to havecompleted well ahead of the allotted time.
