Suspend gas supply to Sui plant from five pipelines. PHOTO: FILE
An unofficial of the Levies personnel said unknown militants planted explosives in the pipeline of wells No 12, 15, 21, 23 and 29 in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti. The explosive device was detonated via remote control, thereby damaging the pipeline and suspending gas supply from the wells to the Sui plant.
Security forces rushed the scene after the explosion and cordoned off the area.
A Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) official claimed that they have started repairing the damaged pipeline.
Pipelines in Pakistan have come under frequent attacks recently, resulting in disruption in gas supply to many areas in the country.
On April 5, security forces had foiled a bid to blow up a gas pipeline in Rahim Yar Khan and had arrested three suspected members of the banned Balochistan Republican Army (BRA).
A little over a month ago, on March 10, a 16-inch diameter gas pipeline exploded near police picket No. 13 on Super Highway, Jamshoro.
According to the Sui Southern Gas Company in-charge in Jamshoro, Ayaz Lashari, bomb disposal experts had confirmed that a bomb was planted underground.
On February 10, three gas pipelines had exploded near Rahim Yar Khan, cutting supplies to Punjab, an official from the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) had said. Spokesperson for the banned BRA Sarbaz Baloch had said his group had blown up the pipelines near Rahim Yar Khan, about 600 km south of Islamabad.
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