The Sindh government has decided that it is time to approach higher authorities - the federal government - over problems being caused by the Sui Southern Gas Company.
The provincial government claims that despite having paid the Rs6.5 billion, the gas company is reluctant to provide many villages in the province with gas. Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah is unhappy with the company and expressed his dissatisfaction while presiding over a meeting at his residence on Monday.
"We have paid the amount in advance, nearly two years ago but this company has not completed this scheme [Village Gasification Plan] as yet," some officials informed the CM.
Shah directed the officials to send another reminder to the company and the federal ministry to complete 1,108 schemes through which villages in the province would have gas by the end of the year.
They were informed that as many as 1,108 schemes of providing villages with gas were assigned to the SSGC in 2011 and the government had paid an advance of Rs6.5 billion. So far they had only completed 648 and another 460 remain. These cost at least Rs2.5 billion.
The CM told the officials that there was no justification as to why the projects hadn't been completed because the gas company had been paid and all the schemes had been approved.
The senior general manager of the SSGC, Dr Ilyas, said that since 2008 they had received around 1,502 schemes out of which 648 had been completed. He added that the delay was caused due to certain limitations from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2014.
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