OGRA recommends CNG ban for private cars

NA standing committee requests CNG association to reopen stations, gives assurance of uniform tax.


Web Desk December 03, 2012

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) recommended a ban on the use of CNG in private cars on Monday.

Ogra put forward its recommendations to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources, saying that only rickshaws, taxis and public buses should be allowed to run on CNG, while all private cars should be transferred to petrol.

The committee agreed with the recommendations and said that a six-month deadline should be given to private car owners to switch their cars from CNG to petrol.

The committee, requesting the CNG association to reopen stations, assured that the tax tariff of stations and other industries will be made uniform.

Standing Committee chairman Jamshed Dasti told Express News that a uniform tax will ensure that the CNG stations do not go into a loss and prices are also not raised.

“We have asked the CNG association to reopen 400 stations which were earlier closed down,” Dasti said.

The recommendations will also be forwarded to the Supreme Court.

After the apex court fixed a price for CNG in the country, the associations had announced an indefinite strike claiming that they were facing a loss due to the new lowered prices.

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khuram shahzad | 11 years ago | Reply

I think commenting on this government and policy makers is devaluation of the words. I will wait untill a Day of Judgement is called. Then these all policy makers will be on the other side of the table and that day will decide who did what in the world.

I am doing my work with integrity and passion everyday. But the pain which I am facing in terms of economic pressures and miserable life, I will definitely ask my God, Today want to see what do you do with these policy makers and rulers. I want to see.

Lets wait, Rulers

Shahzeb | 11 years ago | Reply

I think the most feasible solution is to restrict its use to private vehicles below 1000 CC and public transport.

The price has to be revised according to the forensic report carried out by independent auditors to ensure a fair margin to CNG station owners and a cheaper alternate to petrol for consumers.

The shortage of Gas is chiefly due to line losses, inefficient power generation processes, inefficiency by industries using gas to generate their own power like textiles and general consumers not regulating their heating appliances at home. If CNG which is a source of major savings for middle class is seen as a "wastage" we forget that this sector too employs thousands of people and has created several peripheral jobs.

It is quite clear this Govt has a vested interest in shutting down CNG and bringing in LPG. Our petroleum minister has clear stakes in the import of LPG and has already setup various fronts to benefit from this business with the (dis) honorable President of our country taking a lions share of the profits that will be generated. Already this group of thieves devour $ 10-15 from each barrel of Oil that is brought into this country as commission.

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