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Karachi, October 04, 2019 (PPI-OT): SSGC has intensified its anti-gas theft operations in Sindh and Balochistan, as part of its Operation Grift campaign. In the latest round of raids conducted by Security Services and Counter Gas Theft Operations (SS and CGTO) and Customer Relations Departments teams, a number of registered and unregistered customers were caught involved in underground and overhead theft from main supply lines in localities in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and Larkana and Quetta. The teams removed clamps, confiscated rubber pipes, filed cases and raised claims against the theft cases.
Meanwhile, SS and CGTO has continued with aggressive prosecution to put the culprits behind bars. In Karachi, two gas theft miscreants, Meanwhile, Gas Utility Court in Quetta sentenced gas theft accused Haris Khan to 5 years imprisonment and Rs. 1 lakh fine. A number of miscreants were also arrested in Karachi and Larkana and will now undergo trial.
The Company’s Joint load survey team comprising of the representatives of Measurement, Sales and SS and CGTO department have been regularly carrying out detailed inspection of a number of industries to check for any violation of Gas Sales Agreements and meter size. Since 2018, SSGC has detected 121,975 theft cases that has helped to save gas volume of 9,800 MMCFD (Rs. 6,335 million in monetary terms). More than 20 individuals have so far been convicted with more than 380 trials in progress in gas utility courts.
For more information, contact:
Chief Manager (Media Relations)
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC)
Corporate Communication Department (Media Relations)
ST-4/B, Block 14, Sir Shah Suleman Road,
Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi
Tel: +92-21-99021773, +92-21-99021000
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