Parts of Karachi to face gas suspension tomorrow

KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced that gas supply to some areas of Karachi will remain suspended for 12 hours tomorrow (Sunday).

The suspension of the gas supply is part of the utility’s efforts to improve the low pressure of gas for domestic consumers as well as industrial and commercial sectors in the port city, said a SSGC’s spokesperson in a statement.

The company said that a 20-inch diameter and 12-kilometre long gas distribution pipeline will be connected with the system on Sunday. 

The gas supply suspension from 8am to 8pm will affect industries and domestic consumers in some sectors of Korangi, Hashmi Goth, Mansehra Colony, Allahabad Goth and their adjoining areas in the metropolis.

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The development came after the gas company suspended the gas supply in the megacity on July 28 for 24 hours.

The statement further said that the SSGC’s technical team would try to restore the gas as soon as possible.

The SSGC, in its July 27 handout, had said that the pipeline would largely address the issues of low-pressure supply of gas to the company’s industrial customers located in the western region.