Pakistan is facing a severe energy crisis in terms of inverse relationship between its demand and supply while keeping the influential factor ‘price’. In order to overcome such highly expensive mode of energy production, development of indigenous energy resources is the best suitable option. The ‘Thar Coal project’ lies under this category where hundreds of billions of tons of coal lies beneath the sand in Thar region of Sindh, which can be utilised in a skillful manner by our own people in order to provide positive and fertile results; more cost-benefit, more chances of employment, long lasting effect etc.
There will be only one time expense in the initial stage of this effort unlike importing it again and again which makes this a very expensive trade. If we value the importance of Thar Coal project then we can get rid of many problems as it has the ability to produce 50,000 MW of energy for the next 50 years which will definitely enable us to strengthen our economy and our energy security.
HADIQA AMIN
Karachi
'development of indigenous energy resources is the best suitable option'. very true, but why coal only, isn't hydel energy also indigenous, and the only energy that will give us water also, the last I heard Pakistan was an agricultural country, or has that changed?
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