Chief Justice Of Pakistan Visits Thar

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar Wednesday said that the Thar Coal Mining and Power projects would prove to be a milestone in the development of the country.

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Dec, 2018 ) :Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Mian Saqib Nisar Wednesday said that the Thar Coal Mining and Power projects would prove to be a milestone in the development of the country.

He said this while talking to media persons at Thar Coal Mine Project, said a statement issued by the CM Sindh House here.

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar along with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah today visited Thar and flew back on the same-day evening.

He was accompanied by Justice Faisal Arab, Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh, Registrar Supreme Court Arbab Shehzad.

Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah and Advocate General Sindh Salman Talibuddin were also along with them.

The Chief Justice said that the Thar Coal Maining & Power projects would prove to be milestone in the energy development of Pakistan and Sindh would also prosperous.

He told the media that he visited two hospitals, Mithi and Diplo and felt that there was a need to some more concentration on health and education sectors in Thar.

The Sindh government has done commendable job in providing free of cost food and fodder to the drought-stricken people of Thar, he lauded.

He said that in Diplo taluka hospital had two x-ray machines but the largest one was out of order for last eight years while the smaller one was functional but "I did not see the radiologist there,".

He said that there was an operation Theater but again the surgeon was unavailable.

Talking about infant mortality issues, the Chief Justice said that there might be certain reasons [for Infant mortality] but the provincial government was taking efforts to control the situation.

After 18th Constitutional Amendment subject of Health has been devolved to the provinces and now it becomes their [provinces] responsibility to provide best health services to their people, he added.

He also talked about a school building he visited near Diplo and said the building was in dilapidated condition.

"The chief minister is with me and he also noted the condition of the school and I am sure he [the chief minister] will resolve the issue of the school in question and of other schools in Thar area," he said.

He told the media that he had received a detailed briefing on Coal Mining and Coal-fired Power Project at Islamkot.

These are remarkable projects. The coal-fired power generation which was almost at the final stage would resolve energy crisis in the country.

Earlier, the Chief Justice along with Chief minister of Sindh and other judges landed in the chief ministers jet at Mai Bakhtawar Airport, constructed by Sindh government at Islamkot. From the airport they flew directly to Mithi by Helicopters and landed at Mithi.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar visited two MGD Solar and Electric-based RO installed and commissioned in January 2015. This is plant known as Misri Shah RO Plant.

Upon his visit the chief justice was given a detailed briefing on the Plant. The RO Plant has 16 tube wells. The two tube wells are operated on a diesel generator, therefore a demand note of Rs3,200,115 have been paid to the HESCO for electric connection.

To a question, the chief justice was told that on average 500,000 to 600,000 gallons of water per day was produced by the plant.

The water is stored in two dedicated storage tanks, each of 500,000 gallons.

To another question, he was told that Mithi city has a population of 50,000 souls.

Considering requirement of 20 gallons per capita per day, the requirement of [Mithi] city came to 1,000,000 gallons and 200,000 gallongs of water was also required for livestock. In this way the total water requirement of the city, people and livestock comes to 1.2 million gallons per day.

The supply of produced water is made to the city by gravity through pipe network, however, the differential requirement of water is met by supplying canal water and ground water through tubewells installed in the city.

The chief Jutice was told that canal water from Mithrau Canal is pumped from Naukot pumping station every fortnight for supply to Mithi Town as well as to Islamkot city and villages situated on the route.

The chief minister drank a glass of water produced by the ROPlant and expressed his satisfaction.