The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) admonished the citizen to use their helpline 1199 to report the use of a gas compressor to ensure the equal distribution of gas to all consumers.
“The SNGPL has taken strict action against the use of gas compressor which interrupts the overall gas supply. During every winter, the use of compressor by some consumer dispossesses other consumers of gas,” SNGPL warned the consumer on compressor usage.
“The cooperation of consumers is essential for the success of the crackdown campaign and therefore gas consumers have been requested to call SNGPL helpline 1199 to report the use of gas compressors,” it said.
The SNGPL Rawalpindi zone is initiating legal action against compressor users and disconnecting their gas supply connections for violating laws.
An operation against the usage of compressors has been initiated, according to SNGPL Senior General Manager, Rawalpindi Region, Syed Mukhtar Ali Shah, and efforts are underway to regulate the illegal practice of gas theft.
He said that they had disconnected 115 connections of domestic consumers for using compressors and caught 217 compressors from different localities including Pirwdahi, Gulistan Colony, Adiala Road, Dhamiyal, Asghar Mall, New Lalazar, Jhanda Chichi, and other areas.
