A 12-hour gas shutdown threatens the Karachi region on Sunday

The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced that it will suspend gas supplies to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and Korangi areas due to upcoming work to install a new pipeline. The news was reported on Saturday.

SSGC announced the update on its website and said that a new gas distribution pipeline project from Azeempura to Jam Sadiq Bridge will be implemented at two key points.

Therefore, gas supply will be completely shut down in all sectors of Korangi, including industrial and residential areas, as well as in DHA and adjoining areas on June 23 from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm.

The affected areas include Defence View, Manzoor Colony, Akhtar Colony, Kashmir Colony, Mehmoodabad, Azam Basti, Qayyumabad, DHA Phase 2 Extension, Phase 4, Phase 5 and Extension, Phase 7 and Extension and Phase 8 including Creek Vista and Emaar.

Earlier this week, SSGC also took action to curb theft, with its teams conducting raids in residential areas of Sindh and Balochistan and removing 770 illegal gas connections.

They also filed charges against perpetrators who had stolen gas from direct pipelines to operate their commercial businesses.

In Karachi, anti-theft teams removed 570 illegal underground and overground connections in Federal B Area and Liaquatabad.

In the majority of the thefts, residents had illegally extended gas connections, which were dismantled during the raids.

In one of these raids, a complaint was filed against the owner of a bakery in North Karachi for illegally connecting his high-voltage generator directly to the gas pipeline.