Karachi: All Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in Karachi, the financial hub of Pakistan, and Interior Sindh, southern province of Pakistan, would shut their operations for 36 hours from Friday midnight (April 22) till noon on Sunday April 24.
According to Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) spokesman, this was decided in a high level meeting of SSGC officials and the elected representatives of CNG associations at SSGC Head Office on Thursday. SSGC’s Deputy Managing Director Azim Iqbal Siddiqui was presiding the meeting.
The decision was taken in the larger interest of maintaining uninterrupted gas supply across the company’s franchise areas in Sindh and Balochistan.
There was a need for this decision keeping in view of Bhit Gas Field Annual Turn-Around (ATA), which has been in effect since April 12.
It was also agreed between the SSGC and the representatives of CNG associations that the company’s monitoring teams will be strictly checking all the stations during this 36-hour agreed shut-down.
The CNG stations found operating during the agreed shut down period of 36 hours will have their gas supply disconnected and will not be restored for 24 hours beyond the closure period and until the filing of a ‘non objection certificate’ (NOC) from the respective CNG association.
Long chains of vehicles have been seen on CNG station hours before the closure of the stations.
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