Enormous piece of Karachi to confront gas supply suspension on Sunday

 SSGC has declared to briefly close down gas supply for 24 hours from 5am on July 28 till 5am following day

July 27, 2024

Baldia Town, Ittehad Town, Mauripur, Maymar to be impacted.

Supply to Surjani, North Karachi, Orangi Town to stay suspended.

Pipeline to resolve issues of low-pressure supply, says SSGC.

KARACHI: Gas supply to a huge piece of Karachi will stay suspended on Sunday as the Sui Southern Gas Organization (SSGC) will connect a 24-inch width 31-kilometer long gas conveyance pipeline from MVA Attock Concrete Pakistan Restricted (ACPL) to Deals Meter Station (SMS) Surjani.

The SSGC has declared to briefly close down gas supply for 24 hours from 5:00am on July 28 till 5:00am the following day, to execute the indispensable errand.

Due to the arranged closure, the accompanying regions might be impacted: Surjani Town (all areas), North Karachi (all areas), Manghopir Town, Qasba Town, Orangi Town (all areas), North Nazimabad (all blocks), FB Region (all blocks), Gulberg (all blocks), Cradle Zone, SITE Modern Region, Baldia Town, Ittehad Town, Mauripur, Focal Locale's Gulshan-e-Maymar, Ahsanabad, Janjal Goth and SITE Super Parkway as well as their neighboring regions.

SSGC Overseeing Chief Imran Maniar introduced the pipeline dispatching on Thursday which would further develop gas strain in Karachi's western locale.

The SSGC, in a gift, had said the venture was pointed toward upgrading its offices to meet clients' necessities connected with gas.

It said the pipeline will to a great extent resolve the issues of low-pressure supply of gas to organization's modern clients situated in the western locale. The expense of the whole task is Rs3,859 million.

"The venture will isolate the low-pressure homegrown and business customers from high-pressure modern purchasers of SITE and Center Modern Regions. The current interest of these modern clients is around 130-140 MMSCFD, while, the future extreme interest is assessed to be 80-100 MMSCFD.

"Subsequently, around 269 MMSCFD request would be met through this new pipeline. This pipeline will likewise act as a taking care of hotspot for the 16" dia x 5 km pipeline from SMS Surjani to Madinat-al-Hikmah, which is one of the five undertakings of SSGC's End-all strategy of development of the Dissemination Organization in Karachi," the SSGC kept up with.