Power generation through Thar coal starts

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan successfully produced electricity through the Thar Coal on Thursday (May 28), the day of Youm-e-Takbeer. This will help in mitigating the electricity crisis in the country.
The Underground Coal Gasification Project in Tharparkar has started producing power from May 28. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is very happy to hear this good news and will visit Tharparkar to see production of electricity through coal there. Some 50,000MW power can be produced through coal in Tharparkar for 150 years.
The pilot project has started producing 5MW electricity with the cooperation of Chinese companies there.The head of the project, Dr Samar Mubarakmand, engineers and staff have thanked Allah on this success. Dr Samar Mubarakmand said the electricity would be provided to nearby villages free of cost. The people celebrated this success there.