{"id":86429,"date":"2022-06-06T15:40:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T10:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=86429"},"modified":"2022-06-06T15:40:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T10:40:39","slug":"foundation-stone-thar-water-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foundation-stone-thar-water-project.html","title":{"rendered":"CM Murad lays foundation stone for Thar\u2019s water infrastructure project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Umerkot: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah laid the foundation stone for the country\u2019s biggest water infrastructure project under the public-private partnership model \u2013 at a total cost of PKR 182 billion, according to a news story published in the leading newspaper on June 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-huge-coal-reserves-thar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh announces discovery of huge coal reserves in Thar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, the water infrastructure project will provide water to the Independent Power Producer (IPP) for producing 1,650 MW of coal-fired power in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/shanghai-electric-opens-over-1100-job-vacancies-thar-block-1-project-bajwa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thar Block-I<\/a>. CM Murad Ali Shah, speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, mentioned that it is the largest and first-ever water delivery project in the country, which will bring direct foreign investment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony was held at the Nabirsar area, near Umerkot and was attended by Consul General of Kuwait Salim Yusif Al Hamdan, Chairman Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company Mohammad Al Fares, CM Special Assistant on Investment Syed Qasim Naveed, CEO of Kuwaiti Company Enertech Holding Company Abdulla Al Mutairi, CEO Enertech Water Private Ltd Yasser Malik, Minister for Education Syed Sardar Shah, Minister for Irrigation Jam Khan Shoro, MNAs Mir Munawwar Talpur, Dr Mahesh Malani, Provincial Minister for Energy Imtiaz Shaikh, Chinese experts working on the project and local notables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pak-railway-eur-170-mn-thar-block-ii-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pak Railway signs EUR 170 mn Thar Block II connectivity project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, the CM mentioned that a canal will be constructed, from the Farsh X-regulator to Nabisar, to discharge 200 cusecs water. It was disclosed that the 45 cusecs out of 200 cusecs will be provided to the IPPs for Thar Coal Block-I while the remaining will be provided to Nabisar for agricultural purposes. He further added that the Concession Agreement was signed with the Kuwaiti Investment Company \u2014 M\/s Enertech Water Pvt. Ltd \u2014 on June 26, 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the agreement, the Kuwaiti company will construct the 60.7-kilometre pipeline, from Nabisar to Vajihar and two reservoirs with the capacity of 45 cusecs each. It was also mentioned in the agreement that the private partner will set up a 4.8 MW Power Generation system for 48 cusecs pumping stations. Also, a Water Treatment System of 51 cusecs will be developed that will include flocculation and filtration to get the required water quality.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/efforts-underway-to-turn-thar-into-top-tourist-site.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Efforts underway to turn Thar into top tourist site: Sindh Minister<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, CM Murad revealed that the Project\u2019s Transaction Structure has won global awards for \u2018Most Innovative Deal of the Year\u2019 and \u2018Pakistan Deal of the Year\u2019. The project is expected to be completed within one year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umerkot: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah laid the foundation stone for the country\u2019s biggest water infrastructure project under the public-private partnership model \u2013 at a total cost of PKR 182 billion, according to a news story published in the leading newspaper on June 5.\u00a0 Read: Sindh announces discovery of huge coal reserves in Thar As per the details, the water infrastructure project will provide water to the Independent Power Producer (IPP) for producing 1,650 MW of coal-fired power in Thar Block-I. CM Murad Ali Shah, speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, mentioned that it is the largest and first-ever water delivery project in the country, which will bring direct foreign investment.\u00a0 The ceremony was held at the Nabirsar area, near Umerkot and was attended by Consul General of Kuwait Salim Yusif Al Hamdan, Chairman Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company Mohammad Al Fares, CM Special Assistant on Investment Syed Qasim Naveed, CEO of Kuwaiti Company Enertech Holding Company Abdulla Al Mutairi, CEO Enertech Water Private Ltd Yasser Malik, Minister for Education Syed Sardar Shah, Minister for Irrigation Jam Khan Shoro, MNAs Mir Munawwar Talpur, Dr Mahesh Malani, Provincial Minister for Energy Imtiaz Shaikh, Chinese experts working on the project and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":75731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15020],"tags":[52590,52591],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-social-developments","8":"tag-cm-murad-lays-foundation-stone-for-thars-water-infrastructure-project","9":"tag-water-infrastructure-project-in-thar","10":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CM Murad lays foundation stone for Thar\u2019s water project- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah laid the foundation stone for the country\u2019s biggest water infrastructure project....\" \/>\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\/foundation-stone-thar-water-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CM Murad lays foundation stone for Thar\u2019s water project- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah laid the foundation stone for the country\u2019s biggest water infrastructure project....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foundation-stone-thar-water-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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