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Reverse Osmosis plants, a ray of hope for water-starved Thar
THARPARKAR - As is true of all humans, water is life for 1.6 million inhabitants of Thar braving frequent droughts since centuries. It did not rain there in the last over five years, but they are no longer dependent solely on rain. The solar-powered reverse osmosis water plants, also called RO plants, have kindled a ray of hope in the water-starved people of Tharparkar.
The Sindh government, in collaboration with Pak Oasis, a water engineering company, has installed 220 RO plants to provide clean drinking water to over 300,000 households and seven million livestock in the area.
A select group of visiting journalists from Lahore was taken to a water plant installed at Mithi, the district headquarters of Tharparkar. Operating at zero electricity cost, it pumps out two million gallons per day. The plant and its slanting roof covered with solar panels are visible from many kilometres on Naukot-Mithhi road.
Previously, water was pumped out once a month from the canal at Naukot to Mithi.
“This plant is meeting the requirements of Mithi and 100 other villages in both directions by the already laid pipeline from Mithi to Naukot and Mithi to Islamkot. It is producing the required two million gallons per day while running for only four to five hours a day,” Pak Oasis Director Marketing Kazim Burney told the journalists at the plant site, adding it was the largest solar-powered water plant in Asia.
Another 1.5 million gallons per day capacity plant is under construction at Islamkot.
In addition to these, 80 solar RO plants of 10,000 gallons per day capacity each have been built and commissioned on September 30, 2014, from where people are fetching excellent quality drinking water.
Burney further said 225 solar-operated plants with 10,000 gallons per day capacity were under construction, which would be operational by March 2015. In the next phase, another 525 solar RO plants would become operational by October 2015, bringing the total to 750 solar RO plants, he added.
“We are utilising the inexhaustible 1.5 billion acres feet underground water and the sun. While the media can continue its old rhetoric, the already commissioned RO plants have revolutionised life in Thar,” relief operation in-charge, Senator Taj Haider, told journalists. He hoped that with the completion of the two phases of solar RO plants in October 2015, Thar would, by far, be the highest-rated district in Pakistan as far as quality of clean drinking water and its availability is concerned.
Interestingly, the ratio of Hindu-Muslim population in Thar district is almost 50-50. At the time of the partition, however, it was a Hindu-dominated area with only 20 percent of Muslim population. “The Muslim population increased manifold over the time since our Muslim brethren don’t believe in population planning,” Mokaish, a Hindi professor of chemistry at a local college in Mithi, commented laughingly upon gradual rise of the Muslim population there.
Extensive interaction with Muslims and Hindus revealed that the two communities had been living there peacefully since centuries. It was learnt that Muslims had banned slaughter of cows in the area voluntarily as token of respect for the feelings of Hindus who consider this animal as very sacred. Astonishingly enough, the crime rate in the area is zero percent despite widespread poverty. The people here have proven it wrong that poverty breeds crime. Thar region forms part of a big desert, spreading over a vast area of Pakistan and India, from Cholistan to Nagar Parkar in Pakistan and from the south of Haryana down to Rajisthan in India.
The district which is home to precious granite rocks, China clay and coal mines is deprived of health and education facilities. The sanitation conditions at Mithi are also deplorable. “We are facing acute shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers here as no one is willing to be posted in this remote district,” Senator Taj Haider told the journalists when asked about the poor state of affairs in this part of Sindh. He belied the impression that children here were dying of malnutrition. “There is always a possibility as anywhere else in Pakistan that some parents depending on local remedies do not bring their children to hospital. The total number of reported deaths of children in our hospital records for the period ending on December 1 is 310. This is much below the national average,” he observed.
Taj Haider said 253,000 households were being supplied free wheat since March this year. “The 1,100 kilometres of link roads built in Thar during the five years of our last tenure and the much-improved health facilities have put a basic health unit or a hospital within the reach of 90 percent of the people of Thar,” he added.
Giving a positive spin to the whole situation in Thar, Taj further remarked: “Women now don’t have to walk miles to fetch water daily; instead they can get water according to their needs as and when they want without any fear or worry. Absence from schools has also decreased as children do not fall ill by consuming contaminated water.” He also believed that provision of high quality of safe and clean drinking water had been instrumental in eliminating water-borne diseases which accounted for nearly 60 percent child deaths in Pakistan. “Local people save money as now they don’t have to spend a fortune to take their family for treatment to big cities because the diseases caused by contaminated water have declined. The health of expectant mothers has improved in the area and infant mortality rate has also dropped significantly,” he concluded.
http://nation.com.pk/national/08-Feb...r-starved-thar
Work on Mehran underpass and Shaheen complex flyover to begin
Location: Karachi
Work on Mehran Underpass, Shaheen Complex flyover to beginKARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) administrator Rauf Akhtar Farooqui said work on Mehran Underpass and Shaheen Complex flyover would begin in next three months. Resources were available in KMC for these projects, however some technical aspects and alteration in designing caused delay in start of these projects but after solving these issues there was no problem in the launching of development work. At a meeting of divisional coordination committee he said widening of Shah-rah-e-Faisal was presently not possible due to its land controlled by different bodies. KMC was carrying out anti encroachments work throughout the city to clear all roads and pavements from encroachments, he added.
He said implementation on other projects of flyovers, underpass and major roads would bring a change in the city. He said it would need some time to bring all the concerned bodies on one page for working on the widening of Shah-rah-e-Faisal as the land control on this corridor was with different organisations.Work on Mehran Underpass, Shaheen Complex flyover to begin in 3 months
KARACHI: The Land Lease Agreement for allotment of 5,528 acres were signed with two Wind Power Companies Gul Ahmed Wind Power Limited and Tenega Generasi Limited today at Energy Department, Government of Sindh. Both the companies will provide 100MW wind power by the end of September 2016 through Clean and fuel free resource. The projects will bring direct investment of US$ 247 million in Sindh and create substantial job opportunities.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by Secretary Energy Agha Wasif Abbas anad other senior officials. Speaking on the occasion, the Secretary Energy Department Agha Wasif Abbas informed that Government of Sindh is actively facilitating project developers to mitigate energy crisis. During the last few months, seven companies have been awarded final lease Agreements. He informed all the project development agreements including financial arrangements have been signed and the physical construction will start from April 2015.
He said that Gul Ahmed Wind Power has been allotted 647 acres in Jhampir Wind corridor and the company will install 25 state of the art German Wind Turbines of 2.5 MW each. The project will generate 158GWhs per annum from 2016 to 2036 Gul Ahmed group will finance 55%, while 35% will be financed by a Singapore based Development Company and 10% by the International Financial Corporation (IFC).
Secretary Energy further said that Tenaga Generasi Limited will install 31 turbines of 1.6 MW made by General Electric and will be installed in Taluka Mipur Sakro, with an investment of 120 million USD. The annual energy output of the project will bee 134.42 GWh. financing has been committed by Overseas Private Investment Corporation of USA and International Finance Corporation (IFC).
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/sindh/1...ower-in-thatta
THARPARKAR - As is true of all humans, water is life for 1.6 million inhabitants of Thar braving frequent droughts since centuries. It did not rain there in the last over five years, but they are no longer dependent solely on rain. The solar-powered reverse osmosis water plants, also called RO plants, have kindled a ray of hope in the water-starved people of Tharparkar.
The Sindh government, in collaboration with Pak Oasis, a water engineering company, has installed 220 RO plants to provide clean drinking water to over 300,000 households and seven million livestock in the area.
A select group of visiting journalists from Lahore was taken to a water plant installed at Mithi, the district headquarters of Tharparkar. Operating at zero electricity cost, it pumps out two million gallons per day. The plant and its slanting roof covered with solar panels are visible from many kilometres on Naukot-Mithhi road.
Previously, water was pumped out once a month from the canal at Naukot to Mithi.
“This plant is meeting the requirements of Mithi and 100 other villages in both directions by the already laid pipeline from Mithi to Naukot and Mithi to Islamkot. It is producing the required two million gallons per day while running for only four to five hours a day,” Pak Oasis Director Marketing Kazim Burney told the journalists at the plant site, adding it was the largest solar-powered water plant in Asia.
Another 1.5 million gallons per day capacity plant is under construction at Islamkot.
In addition to these, 80 solar RO plants of 10,000 gallons per day capacity each have been built and commissioned on September 30, 2014, from where people are fetching excellent quality drinking water.
Burney further said 225 solar-operated plants with 10,000 gallons per day capacity were under construction, which would be operational by March 2015. In the next phase, another 525 solar RO plants would become operational by October 2015, bringing the total to 750 solar RO plants, he added.
“We are utilising the inexhaustible 1.5 billion acres feet underground water and the sun. While the media can continue its old rhetoric, the already commissioned RO plants have revolutionised life in Thar,” relief operation in-charge, Senator Taj Haider, told journalists. He hoped that with the completion of the two phases of solar RO plants in October 2015, Thar would, by far, be the highest-rated district in Pakistan as far as quality of clean drinking water and its availability is concerned.
Interestingly, the ratio of Hindu-Muslim population in Thar district is almost 50-50. At the time of the partition, however, it was a Hindu-dominated area with only 20 percent of Muslim population. “The Muslim population increased manifold over the time since our Muslim brethren don’t believe in population planning,” Mokaish, a Hindi professor of chemistry at a local college in Mithi, commented laughingly upon gradual rise of the Muslim population there.
Extensive interaction with Muslims and Hindus revealed that the two communities had been living there peacefully since centuries. It was learnt that Muslims had banned slaughter of cows in the area voluntarily as token of respect for the feelings of Hindus who consider this animal as very sacred. Astonishingly enough, the crime rate in the area is zero percent despite widespread poverty. The people here have proven it wrong that poverty breeds crime. Thar region forms part of a big desert, spreading over a vast area of Pakistan and India, from Cholistan to Nagar Parkar in Pakistan and from the south of Haryana down to Rajisthan in India.
The district which is home to precious granite rocks, China clay and coal mines is deprived of health and education facilities. The sanitation conditions at Mithi are also deplorable. “We are facing acute shortage of doctors, nurses and teachers here as no one is willing to be posted in this remote district,” Senator Taj Haider told the journalists when asked about the poor state of affairs in this part of Sindh. He belied the impression that children here were dying of malnutrition. “There is always a possibility as anywhere else in Pakistan that some parents depending on local remedies do not bring their children to hospital. The total number of reported deaths of children in our hospital records for the period ending on December 1 is 310. This is much below the national average,” he observed.
Taj Haider said 253,000 households were being supplied free wheat since March this year. “The 1,100 kilometres of link roads built in Thar during the five years of our last tenure and the much-improved health facilities have put a basic health unit or a hospital within the reach of 90 percent of the people of Thar,” he added.
Giving a positive spin to the whole situation in Thar, Taj further remarked: “Women now don’t have to walk miles to fetch water daily; instead they can get water according to their needs as and when they want without any fear or worry. Absence from schools has also decreased as children do not fall ill by consuming contaminated water.” He also believed that provision of high quality of safe and clean drinking water had been instrumental in eliminating water-borne diseases which accounted for nearly 60 percent child deaths in Pakistan. “Local people save money as now they don’t have to spend a fortune to take their family for treatment to big cities because the diseases caused by contaminated water have declined. The health of expectant mothers has improved in the area and infant mortality rate has also dropped significantly,” he concluded.
http://nation.com.pk/national/08-Feb...r-starved-thar
Work on Mehran underpass and Shaheen complex flyover to begin
Location: Karachi
Work on Mehran Underpass, Shaheen Complex flyover to beginKARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) administrator Rauf Akhtar Farooqui said work on Mehran Underpass and Shaheen Complex flyover would begin in next three months. Resources were available in KMC for these projects, however some technical aspects and alteration in designing caused delay in start of these projects but after solving these issues there was no problem in the launching of development work. At a meeting of divisional coordination committee he said widening of Shah-rah-e-Faisal was presently not possible due to its land controlled by different bodies. KMC was carrying out anti encroachments work throughout the city to clear all roads and pavements from encroachments, he added.
He said implementation on other projects of flyovers, underpass and major roads would bring a change in the city. He said it would need some time to bring all the concerned bodies on one page for working on the widening of Shah-rah-e-Faisal as the land control on this corridor was with different organisations.Work on Mehran Underpass, Shaheen Complex flyover to begin in 3 months
KARACHI: The Land Lease Agreement for allotment of 5,528 acres were signed with two Wind Power Companies Gul Ahmed Wind Power Limited and Tenega Generasi Limited today at Energy Department, Government of Sindh. Both the companies will provide 100MW wind power by the end of September 2016 through Clean and fuel free resource. The projects will bring direct investment of US$ 247 million in Sindh and create substantial job opportunities.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by Secretary Energy Agha Wasif Abbas anad other senior officials. Speaking on the occasion, the Secretary Energy Department Agha Wasif Abbas informed that Government of Sindh is actively facilitating project developers to mitigate energy crisis. During the last few months, seven companies have been awarded final lease Agreements. He informed all the project development agreements including financial arrangements have been signed and the physical construction will start from April 2015.
He said that Gul Ahmed Wind Power has been allotted 647 acres in Jhampir Wind corridor and the company will install 25 state of the art German Wind Turbines of 2.5 MW each. The project will generate 158GWhs per annum from 2016 to 2036 Gul Ahmed group will finance 55%, while 35% will be financed by a Singapore based Development Company and 10% by the International Financial Corporation (IFC).
Secretary Energy further said that Tenaga Generasi Limited will install 31 turbines of 1.6 MW made by General Electric and will be installed in Taluka Mipur Sakro, with an investment of 120 million USD. The annual energy output of the project will bee 134.42 GWh. financing has been committed by Overseas Private Investment Corporation of USA and International Finance Corporation (IFC).
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/sindh/1...ower-in-thatta
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PPP ~ Speedy completion of Jail Chowrangi flyover ordered
Karachi
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Administrator Saqib Ahmed Soomro on Thursday directed the technical services department to ensure immediate start of the remaining work of Jail Chowrangi flyover, specially the construction of the road connecting PIB Colony to the University road.
He directed DG technical services Niaz Ahmed Soomro to address issues, with the coordination of prison authorities, causing delay in the execution of the development work.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-New...lyover-ordered
Karachi
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Administrator Saqib Ahmed Soomro on Thursday directed the technical services department to ensure immediate start of the remaining work of Jail Chowrangi flyover, specially the construction of the road connecting PIB Colony to the University road.
He directed DG technical services Niaz Ahmed Soomro to address issues, with the coordination of prison authorities, causing delay in the execution of the development work.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-New...lyover-ordered
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Karachi ~ Sindh Government's first experiment regarding outsourcing infrastructure development to private investors
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The whole of Pakistan witnessed the outcome of an incompetent PPP government, which increased the level of debt and failed to add any megawatt to the national grid of Pakistan. Unfortunately we have paid stooges like Qalandari, who waste internet bandwidth in writing scripted propaganda hogwash.
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PPP approves Pakistan's biggest mass transit service
KARACHI: A mass transit service for Karachi has been approved in a high level meeting presided over by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, ARY News reported on Thursday.According to details, a 53 kilometers corridor from Bahria Town to Saddar for a rapid bus service has been approved in a session presided by PPP co-chairman and former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.Sindh government claimed that the the mass transit project will benefit 70,000 to 150,000 people daily in the busiest city of the province.The session was briefed that the transit project has a budget of 70 billion rupees and it will be completed in 11 months time.Moreover, 13 elevators and 25 stations shall be constructed for the transit project aimed at serving Pakistan’s economic hub and Sindh’s capital city.The former president during the session advised to get No Objection Certificates (N.O.C) from all relevant authorities at the earliest besides urging all Sindh government departments to take measures for the speedy completion of the mass transit project.
http://arynews.tv/en/rapid-transit-s...achi-approved/
PPP ~ Malir Halt and Malir 15 flyovers to be opened for public in June
Location: Karachi
Location: Karachi
KARACHI: A mass transit service for Karachi has been approved in a high level meeting presided over by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, ARY News reported on Thursday.According to details, a 53 kilometers corridor from Bahria Town to Saddar for a rapid bus service has been approved in a session presided by PPP co-chairman and former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.Sindh government claimed that the the mass transit project will benefit 70,000 to 150,000 people daily in the busiest city of the province.The session was briefed that the transit project has a budget of 70 billion rupees and it will be completed in 11 months time.Moreover, 13 elevators and 25 stations shall be constructed for the transit project aimed at serving Pakistan’s economic hub and Sindh’s capital city.The former president during the session advised to get No Objection Certificates (N.O.C) from all relevant authorities at the earliest besides urging all Sindh government departments to take measures for the speedy completion of the mass transit project.
http://arynews.tv/en/rapid-transit-s...achi-approved/
PPP ~ Malir Halt and Malir 15 flyovers to be opened for public in June
Location: Karachi
Location: Karachi
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Road carpeting begins after underground work completed
Hijrat colony work being inspected by water board delegation
Meeting with Railway colony Maskeen street residents regarding water and sewerage work
Medical camp opening ceremony at Hijrat colony
Karachi to have garbage-based power plant
The plant will generate 672 megawatts of electricity from 2,000 tons of garbage
Sindh government is going to launch a garbage-based power generation project in Karachi.
Under the plan, 672 megawatt electricity will be generated from 2,000 tons of garbage.
The project will be completed in two and a half years.
Radio Pakistan
Hijrat colony work being inspected by water board delegation
Meeting with Railway colony Maskeen street residents regarding water and sewerage work
Medical camp opening ceremony at Hijrat colony
Karachi to have garbage-based power plant
The plant will generate 672 megawatts of electricity from 2,000 tons of garbage
Sindh government is going to launch a garbage-based power generation project in Karachi.
Under the plan, 672 megawatt electricity will be generated from 2,000 tons of garbage.
The project will be completed in two and a half years.
Radio Pakistan
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PPP approves Pakistan's biggest mass transit service
KARACHI: A mass transit service for Karachi has been approved in a high level meeting presided over by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, ARY News reported on Thursday.According to details, a 53 kilometers corridor from Bahria Town to Saddar for a rapid bus service has been approved in a session presided by PPP co-chairman and former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.Sindh government claimed that the the mass transit project will benefit 70,000 to 150,000 people daily in the busiest city of the province.The session was briefed that the transit project has a budget of 70 billion rupees and it will be completed in 11 months time.Moreover, 13 elevators and 25 stations shall be constructed for the transit project aimed at serving Pakistan’s economic hub and Sindh’s capital city.The former president during the session advised to get No Objection Certificates (N.O.C) from all relevant authorities at the earliest besides urging all Sindh government departments to take measures for the speedy completion of the mass transit project.
http://arynews.tv/en/rapid-transit-s...achi-approved/
PPP ~ Malir Halt and Malir 15 flyovers to be opened for public in June
Location: Karachi
Location: Karachi
Before approving the corruption scandals PPP should help the people of Thar who are dying of hunger and thirst ...
Na roti ,na kapra , na makan , jeay Bhutto Kay Khokhlay lagata hai qalanderi naujawan..
Qalandari you must be a delusional serfdom who has been serving Chai to the wadera aristocracy in Sindh. The existence of your party is finished and nobody believes in your hogwash lies. Idolization of the dead is forbidden in Islam, however your kind takes this action to whole new level. These projects are useless, because during the tenure of Zardari no industry was created and Pakistan's standing in the international arena was a joke.
There will come a time in Pakistan, where all PPP leaders will be lined up in front of the public and hanged for selling the integrity and honor of Pakistan.
There will come a time in Pakistan, where all PPP leaders will be lined up in front of the public and hanged for selling the integrity and honor of Pakistan.
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