Gas supply: Bangle factories close in protest

The factories were shut down for 15 days in protest against policies of the OGDCL.

HYDERABAD: Glass bangle factories across Hyderabad were shut down for 15 days in protest against policies of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL). Glass Bangles Manufacturers’ Association general secretary Anwar Ali said the OGDCL was allegedly supplying gas from the  Bakhsho Laghari and Pashakhi oil fields  to industrialists at lower rates on the pretext of supplying it to the limestone kilns.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 20^th, 2011.