KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has notified that gas supply will be suspended in the specified areas of Karachi from 8 am to 8 pm on June 23, 2024 (Sunday).
Complete List of Karachi Areas Where Gas Supply Will Be Suspended on 23 June:
- DHA Phase 2 Extension
- DHA Phase 4
- DHA Phase 5 and Extension
- DHA Phase 7 and Extension
- DHA Phase 8 including Creek Vista and Emaar
- Defence View
- Manzoor Colony
- Akhtar Colony
- Kashmir Colony
- Mehmoodabad
- Azam Basti
- Qayyumabad
All sectors of Korangi, including industrial and residential areas. SSGC announced that the suspension is necessary for installing a new pipeline extending from Azeempura to Jam Sadiq Bridge.
Furthermore, in Karachi, SSGC’s anti-theft teams eliminated 570 illegal residential underground and overhead connections in the Federal B Area and Liaquatabad. In the majority of theft instances, residents had unlawfully extended gas connections, which were dismantled during the raids.
During a raid, authorities filed an FIR against a bakery owner in North Karachi for illegally connecting a high-voltage generator directly to the gas line. The crackdown on illegal connections is ongoing.