The federal government is all set to complete the Thar coal railway line to Port Qasim by December 2025 and also plans a $500 million 1,000MW battery storage project in the south to support the grid and harness wind energy.
Secretary Power Division Fakhar Alam Irfan informed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Power that work on the 105km railway is underway, jointly overseen by the federal and Sindh governments.
Meanwhile, talks are ongoing with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and Islamic Development Bank to finance the battery storage project. The ministry also seeks Rs. 79 billion in the 2025-26 Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for four major projects, including the battery storage initiative and three new transmission lines, namely Ghazi Barotha, North-South, and Karachi to central Punjab.
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