The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari jointly inaugurated 1650 Mega Watts Shanghai Electric Thar and Thal Nova Thar projects in Tharparkar on Wednesday.
According to the media reports, Shanghai Electric Thar and Thal Nova Thar projects are built with a total direct investment of 3.53 billion dollars, these coal-fired projects will annually generate 11.24 billion units of low-cost electricity.
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With the inauguration of these projects, the current production of electricity from Thar coal will increase to 3300 Mega Watts.
These projects were put on hold for the last four years, but on the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, their completion was made a first priority.
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