SSGC suspends gas supply at DHA and Korangi in Karachi for 12 hours today – Pakistan

KARACHI: Gas supply in several localities of Defence Housing Authority and Korangi will be suspended on Sunday (today) due to installation of a new pipeline project, the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) announced on Saturday.

“The connection of the newly laid gas distribution pipeline project from Azeempura to Jam Sadiq Bridge will take place at two key points along the way,” the utility said in a press release.

“To achieve this goal, gas supply will be completely cut off in all residential and industrial areas of Korangi on Sunday for 12 hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.,” the SSGC said.

The gas utility said that supply in DHA (Defence View, Manzoor Colony, Akhtar Colony, Kashmir Colony, Mehmoodabad, Azam Basti, Qayyumabad, DHA Phase II Extension, Phase IV, Phase V and V Extension, Phase VII and VII Extension and Phase VIII including Creek Vista and Emar housing projects) would also be suspended for 12 hours.

Water supply was disrupted in several towns in the Central and Eastern districts after the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation began repair work on a main pipeline on University Road on Saturday. The shortage will continue till Monday.

Published in Dawn, June 23, 2024