SNGPL announces gas supply schedule for Ramadan 2024
Gas to be supplied from 2:30am to 8am during Sahar, and 3pm to 10pm during Iftaar time
March 08, 2024
The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has unveiled the gas supply schedule for its consumers for Ramadan 2024.
Gas will be supplied from 2:30am to 8am during Sahar time, whereas, “uninterrupted gas supply” will be made between 3pm to 10pm during Iftaar time, the company said in a statement.
The gas firm also constituted monitoring teams and control rooms to address pressure issues for consumers across Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) had a day earlier announced a "load-shedding marred" gas supply for the holy month.
In a statement, the SSGC said that it would only be able to provide gas between 3:00am to 9:00am (Sahar) and 3:00pm to 10:00pm (Iftaar) in Ramadan.
Also, consumers in Sindh and Balochistan will only have access to the necessary good for 13 hours.
The country starts preparing for the upcoming month of Ramadan which, is likely to commence on March 12.
As per weather expert Jawad Memon, though the moon for the month of Ramadan will be born on March 10, it will not be visible at the time and can only be seen via the naked eye by March 11.
"First Taraweeh will be observed on the night of March 11 [whereas] its 95% probable that the first fast will be on March 12," Memon said.
As per tradition, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee would convene in Islamabad — with zonal committees meeting in their respective domains — to receive and assess moon sighting reports and announce the sighting of the moon.
