{"id":56172,"date":"2019-10-11T10:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T05:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=56172"},"modified":"2019-10-11T10:35:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T05:35:02","slug":"chinese-firm-begins-mining-efforts-thar-block-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-begins-mining-efforts-thar-block-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Chinese firm begins mining efforts in Thar Block-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: A Chinese energy firm has commenced with its mining operations in Thar Block-1 to facilitate the installation of a 1,320MW coal-based power plant in the area, according to news sources. As per officials, this firm will also build a modern colony to facilitate the relocation of the 600 affected families. These details were brought to the surface during a meeting at the Chief Minister (CM)\u2019s House with CM Syed Murad Ali Shah in chair.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was informed that this residential installation would be equipped with all basic facilities like school, mosque, park, temple, market and parks. The CM cited the example of Suneri Das Village; constructed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/thar-coal-power-project-gets-more-firms-on-board.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-invites-australian-firms-to-invest-in-thar-coal-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sindh govt invites Australian firms to invest in Thar Coal project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he approved the energy minister\u2019s appointment as chairman SECMC and gave him the additional charge of the Thar Foundation to ensure social responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from this Chinese power firm, the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) and Shanghai Electric have requested the provincial government for the allotment of a 100-acre land at Jhimpir to evacuate the power generated from wind corridor by constructing and operationalizing a grid station.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/thar-coal-power-plants-reach-full-generation-capacity-mid-june.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thar coal power plants to reach full generation capacity by mid-June<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CM also approved the proposal of a Kuwaiti company to build a waste-energy power plant. The company is now applying for a tariff from the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) with support from the CM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: A Chinese energy firm has commenced with its mining operations in Thar Block-1 to facilitate the installation of a 1,320MW coal-based power plant in the area, according to news sources. As per officials, this firm will also build a modern colony to facilitate the relocation of the 600 affected families. These details were brought to the surface during a meeting at the Chief Minister (CM)\u2019s House with CM Syed Murad Ali Shah in chair. The meeting was informed that this residential installation would be equipped with all basic facilities like school, mosque, park, temple, market and parks. The CM cited the example of Suneri Das Village; constructed by Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC). Read:\u00a0Sindh govt invites Australian firms to invest in Thar Coal project Moreover, he approved the energy minister\u2019s appointment as chairman SECMC and gave him the additional charge of the Thar Foundation to ensure social responsibility. Aside from this Chinese power firm, the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) and Shanghai Electric have requested the provincial government for the allotment of a 100-acre land at Jhimpir to evacuate the power generated from wind corridor by constructing and operationalizing a grid station. Read:\u00a0\u00a0Thar coal power plants to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":40910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13376],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-56172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-chinese-firm-begins-mining-efforts-in-thar-block-1"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese firm begins mining efforts in Thar Block-1 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: A Chinese energy firm has commenced with its mining operations in Thar Block-1 to facilitate the installation of a 1,320MW coal-based power plant\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-begins-mining-efforts-thar-block-1.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese firm begins mining efforts in Thar Block-1 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: A Chinese energy firm has commenced with its mining operations in Thar Block-1 to facilitate the installation of a 1,320MW coal-based power plant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-firm-begins-mining-efforts-thar-block-1.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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