Parts of Karachi to face gas suspension on Sunday

• SSGC says gas will remain suspended for 12 hours.
• Says 20-diametre gas pipeline to be joined with system.
• Utility says will try to restore gas at the earliest. 

The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced that gas supply to some areas of Karachi will remain suspended for 12 hours on Sunday (August 4).

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 on Friday.

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.

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.

Last Sunday's shutdown affected areas including Surjani Town (all sectors), North Karachi (all sectors), Manghopir Town, Qasba Town, Orangi Town (all sectors), North Nazimabad (all blocks), FB Area (all blocks), Gulberg (all blocks), Buffer Zone, SITE Industrial Area, Baldia Town, Ittehad Town, Mauripur, Central Region’s Gulshan-e-Maymar, Ahsanabad, Janjal Goth and SITE Super Highway as well as their adjacent areas.

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.