Thar Coal Power Plant inaugurated by Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

By Sardar Hayaat MUHAMMED Khan Mandokhel 190
Thar Coal Power Plant
Thar Coal Power Plant was inaugurated by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari the Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) here today.

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THARPARKAR DISTRICT (Wed, April 10, 2019) – Thar Coal Power Plant was inaugurated by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari the Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) here today.

Bilawal said he is proud to inaugurate a project which his mother Benazir Bhutto had laid foundation for.

“I am happy that the fruit of your blood sweat and tears is being added to the national grid,” he said while also announcing that the Sindh government will provide free electricity to the residents of Islamkot and the general Thar area once the project starts running.

“This is the least we can do to help the poor people of Thar,” he said.

Bilawal also pledged the creation of a campus of NED University of Engineering and Technology in Thar. “The engineering disciplines that will be taught in the university will benefit the dwellers of Thar greatly,” he said.

“I visited the housing society that has been created to rehabilitate the people who were affected by the coal power project. I have to say, there have been many projects created all over the country but I have not seen the people affected by those projects rehabilitated in such a manner.”

Bilawal in his official tweet also announced the inauguration of the Thar Coal Power Plant.

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