Utility service: Work on gas pipeline starts

SNGPL has started work to lay 25 km gas pipeline to reinforce its existing transmission network in Rawalpindi

ISLAMABAD: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Company Limited (SNGPL) has started work to lay 25 kilometre gas pipeline to reinforce its existing transmission network in Rawalpindi aims at ensuring smooth supply of the commodity to domestic and commercial consumers in peak winter season.

The pipeline is being built at a cost of Rs40 million to bring down the company's line losses and redress increasing complaints about low gas pressure, an official source in the company said.

Domestic and commercial consumers in various areas of Rawalpindi, including Media Town, Muslim Town, surroundings in Rawal Chowk, Satellite Town, Asghar Mall, Waris Khan, Akaal Garh,Dhoke Dalal, Karimpura, Committee Chowk, Dhoke Khabba, Umer Road, Dhoke Elahi Bukush, Murshid Town, Nadeem Colony, Aryya Mohallah, Pirwadhai, Adiala road, Bakra Mandi, Dhoke Syedan, Dheri Hassanabad, Lal Kurti, Sadiqabad and Shah Khalid Colony Pindora, are constantly complaining of the low gas pressure.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 2^nd, 2019.