SSGC Disconnects 2050 Illega Gas Connections
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) has disconnected 2050 illegal gas connections in Karachi.
Moreover, the company has filed an FIR against 6 culprits.
In an intensive anti-gas theft joint crackdown in Karachi’s Shah Latif Town, Malir, SSGC’s CGTO, along with Distribution East, Customer Relations Department (CRD,) and SSGC Police have disconnected 2,050 illegal gas connections.
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They have also registered FIRs against six (06) persons belonging to a gas theft mafia. Hundreds of meters of illegally connected pipes were excavated and taken into custody by the raiding team, along with valves and other allied material used for gas theft. The theft claims are being evaluated accordingly.
SSGC, in an official statement, said that these disconnections were made in three phases. In the first phase, 450 households were disconnected in Yar Mohammed Goth Phase 2, which also included Madina Colony and Khyber City. FIR was registered against two culprits, Ghulam Murtaza and Mohammad Naeem, who belong to the gas theft mafia.
In the second phase, 1,000 disconnections were made in Samoo Goth where FIR was registered against two culprits, Imran Khan and Mohammad Ashraf.
In the third phase, further 600 illegal connections were removed from Samar Garden that also included New Chiragh Colony where FIR was registered against two culprits Shahid Ali and Faisal.
Speaking to the media persons on the occasion, SSGC’s Spokesperson Salman Ahmed Siddiqui informed that a network of gas theft mafia has been aggressively active in providing illegal gas connections in Shah Latif Town for quite some time, and the company has been taking continuous actions against them.
He informed that this grand operation was conducted on an intelligence-based report that revealed that in the vicinity of Sheedi Goth, this mafia had illegally connected a 2” pipeline with SSGC’s 20” main pipeline that supplies gas to Korangi and Landhi Industrial Areas. He also informed that senior officials of CGTO are directly monitoring this grand operation from their control room in the head office.
He said that SSGC is aggressively pursuing its zero-tolerance policy against this nuisance of gas theft and, on a regular basis, has been taking belligerent steps in gas theft-infested areas in complete coordination with local police and remains committed to eliminating gas theft by holding the offenders accountable.
As a result of these anti-gas theft activities, complaints of low pressure from customers have decreased. To uproot this evil from society, he also requested the people to come forward and report incidences of gas theft in their communities, which can also be dangerous, as gas, being a highly volatile commodity, is prone to fire upon mishandling.
