Large part of Karachi to face gas supply suspension on Sunday
1. SSGC has announced to temporarily shut down gas supply for 24 hours from 5am on July 28 till 5am next day
Due to the planned shutdown, the following areas may be affected: 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.
SSGC Managing Director Imran Maniar inaugurated the pipeline commissioning on Thursday, which is expected to improve gas pressure in Karachi's western region.
In a handout, the SSGC stated that the project aims to enhance its facilities to meet customers' gas requirements. The pipeline will largely address the issues of low-pressure gas supply to the company’s industrial customers in the western region. The entire project cost is Rs3,859 million.
"The project will segregate the low-pressure domestic and commercial consumers from high-pressure industrial consumers in the SITE and Hub Industrial Areas. The current demand of these industrial customers is around 130-140 MMSCFD, with future excessive demand estimated at 80-100 MMSCFD.
"As a result, approximately 269 MMSCFD demand will be met through this new pipeline. It will also serve as a feeding source for the 16" dia x 5 km pipeline from SMS Surjani to Madinat-al-Hikmah, which is one of the five projects in SSGC's Master Plan for expanding the Distribution Network in Karachi," the SSGC noted.
