Sindh updates

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China Three Gorges' II Phase Wind Power Project (2×49.5MW) located in Thatta District, Sindh, has generated total electricity of 550 GWh since commercial operation in 2018, with a total of 230,000 tons coal saving and equivalent to 550,000 metric tons CO2 emissions reduction.

 

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Lansdowne Bridge may become a heritage site


ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority has urged the authorities concerned to declare the 127-year-old Lansdowne Bridge in Sukkur district of Sindh a national heritage site, The Express Tribune has learnt.

At the same time, the NHA has approved a feasibility report to construct another bridge on the Indus River to connect Sukkur with Rohri town at an estimated cost of Rs6.5 billion to share the traffic load of Lansdowne Bridge.


According to documents available with The Express Tribune, the bridge, which is known for its fabled beauty, has become unsafe for travelling.

The lifespan of Lansdowne Bridge (inaugurated on March 25, 1889 and considered as world’s largest span continuous rigid frame box girder bridge) has almost ended. Notwithstanding, the traffic volume on the bridge is constantly increasing.

“The bridge is not in a condition to bear an increasing (load of traffic). It might give in anytime resulting in some mishap. Therefore, there is a dire need to construct a new bridge to shift the burden of traffic on an immediate basis,” say the documents.

NHA spokesman Kashif Zaman told The Express Tribune that a number of sites with great archaeological and religious significance exist along Lansdowne Bridge.


“The new Sukkur-Rohri bridge will also serve to promote tourism by providing a smooth route to all historical sites such as Sadhu Bela that holds the sacred Sikh Gurdwara of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Teerath Asthan, the largest Hindu Temple in Pakistan, without having any kind of traffic congestions.”

The Sukkur-Rohri bridge will be the first cable-stayed bridge in the country with a length stretching about 0.85km.

Zaman further said that they were hiring a consultant for a detailed design of the bridge after which its PC-1 would be presented before the NHA executive board for approval.

According to the documents, the feasibility study would cost around Rs60 million whereas approximately Rs300 million will be required for its detailed designing. “These are initial estimates,” Zaman said.

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Did this ever get constructed or just on paper like most PPP projects?

 

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Did this ever get constructed or just on paper like most PPP projects?

Absolutely right. This will not see the light. Only in PPPP dream.

 

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World Bank Announces $300 Million for 2 Sindh Projects

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved US$300 million in financing for two projects in Pakistan—the Sindh Resilience Project and the Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency Project.

These investments will bolster Pakistan’s efforts to build resilience to natural hazards such as floods and droughts in the Sindh province and strengthen solid waste management in Karachi to tackle recurrent urban flooding and public health emergencies in the city.

The US$200 million Sindh Resilience Project Additional Financing will help the government better manage climate and disaster risks, including floods, droughts, and public health emergencies. The project will strengthen linkages between disaster risk management and the health sector by establishing the Sindh Emergency Service to enhance the capacity for disaster preparedness and emergency response, including health crises such as COVID-19.

The project also improves irrigation infrastructure to protect vulnerable communities living in rural areas, which will directly benefit 750,000 citizens in drought-prone areas of Kirthar range hills and the Nagarparkar region in the Tharparkar District

 

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Study finds ‘tremendous growth’ in mangroves


Forest cover has increased by 986.36 square kms over the past 30 years, as per the study
The mangrove cover on Sindh's coastal belt, more precisely in the Indus delta, has increased by 986.36 square kilometres (km) during the past 30 years, growing by an average of 3.74 percent annually, a study has revealed.

Jointly conducted by the Institute of Space Technology, World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) and Society for Environment and Mangrove Protection Welfare Association, the study reviews the growth of mangroves from 1990 to 2020 in five geographical pockets, classified as the Indus delta, Sandspit, Sonmiani Khor, Kalmat Khor and Jiwani.

Over the years, multiple studies have shown mangrove forests around the world are disappearing, the erasure being recorded at two per cent annually on average.

 

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Under Construction Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital in DHA Defense Housing Authority Phase 9 Karachi .

 

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Do we have a CM Sindh?

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1342068611654021121

 

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Beautiful new building of District Civil Hospital built by Sindh Govt in Tando Allahyar city of Sindh. Located at Bukera road near Magsi Park.

 

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Newly constructed Government Boys Degree College by Sindh Government in village Samoon Junejo at 12 Mile near Sindhri in Mirpurkhas District of Sindh

 

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Plans of three billion rupees for Sindh under Federal Ministry of Information Technology

Agreements signed for optical fiber projects in Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki, Kashmore between Universal Service Fund and PTCL

Governor of Sindh Imran Ismail special guest, Federal Minister Syed Amin ul Haq presided over the ceremony.

 

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To resolve the grievances of general public, Regional General Managers of each Zone will hold an E-kachehri. In this regard, following E-Kachehris are scheduled for Sindh Region:


E-Kachehri of Sindh-South Region (Karachi, Hyderabad, Thatta, Sehwan, Mirpurkhas, Sakrand) on 08 January 2021 (Friday) at 03PM.

E-Kachehri of Sindh-North Region (Moro, Sukkur, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Larkana, Daharki) on 11 January 2021 (Monday) at 12PM.

 

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Thar Coal Power Generation Saved Pakistan $78 Million: Murad Ali Shah
Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, has said that the use of indigenous Thar Coal, instead of imported coal, for power generation, has resulted in a saving of $78 million foreign exchange for the country.

“By procession toward `Economy of scale’ Thar coal prices are reducing from initial $58 per ton to $32 per ton and with further expansion, the prices will reduce even further,” said the CM while presiding over a Thar Coal and Energy Board (TCEB) meeting at the CM House, Karachi.
By further expansion to 15 mtpa or more, Thar coal prices will further reduce by 50 percent, and Thar Coal Tariff (at around 5.5 US cent per kWh) will be the cheapest baseload in the country, he informed.

He said that Thar Coal Mining Block-II, phase-I was a 3.8 mtpa project and has been commissioned on July 10, 2019. It has extracted over six million tons of coal so far

 

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Development work by Sindh Govt is almost complete in the Malir Saudabad area under the Karachi Neighbourhood Improvement Project. This is going to be the 3rd open urban space developed under the KNIP initiative after Old City Area & Korangi-Ibrahim Hyderi.

 

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Khairpur’s story of dates and the SEZ


Mohammad Hussain Khan
January 25, 2021

This region attracts a large number of workers from Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan every production season that usually coincides with monsoon rains that undermine date production.

The oppressive heat of summer over June-July makes weather conditions unbearable but it is an ideal period for the ripening of fruits, such as dates. Rows of date palm trees in orchards start dotting the landscape while one travels on the National Highway as Khairpur draws near. Coupled with mango and guava orchards, date palm trees make Khairpur a rich and diversified district in an agricultural sense.
This region attracts a large number of workers from Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan every production season that usually coincides with monsoon rains that undermine date production.
The district, located on the left bank of River Indus, has been a princely state before the then elders of Mirs decided to accede to Pakistan in 1955, after the division of the Indian subcontinent. It has eight revenue talukas that reflects the huge size of the district; few districts in Sindh compete with Khairpur in size. Its people take pride in having the shrine of Sachal Sarmast which defines the region’s mystic character.