Gas theft: SSGC disconnects two connections

SSGC disconnects gas supply of two commercial customers account because of gas theft.

KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) has disconnected the gas supply of two commercial customers account because of gas theft on Friday. The first connection was installed in a canteen, which was running in the premises of Civil Hospital Karachi, whose gas metre was removed by SSGC in the month of March this year due to non-payment. The vendor of the canteen had not cleared the gas bills amounting to Rs2,450,578. After the disconnection in March, the vendor started using gas directly through rubber pipes. The members of the Task force, with the coordination of SSGC’s Recovery Department, now stopped the gas connection completely. Both the departments also conducted a joint raid on another canteen being operated in the premises of Sindh Secretariat building. According to the Recovery Department, the vendor of the said canteen owes SSGC’s Rs1,371,750 and its gas supply was also disconnected in June. Reportedly instead of paying the gas bill, the vendor started using gas illegally after the removal of its metre. The SSGC crew also stopped its gas service completely now.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2013.