Karachi’s several areas to face gas supply suspension on Sunday
The SSGC has announced to temporarily shut down gas supply for 24 hours

Several areas in Karachi will face gas supply suspension on Sunday.
The gas supply will remain suspended from 5 am on July 28 till 5 am the next day as the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) will hook up a 24-inch diameter 31-kilometre long gas distribution pipeline from MVA Attock Cement Pakistan Limited (ACPL) to Sales Meter Station (SMS) Surjani.
The areas that may be affected by gas supply suspension include Surjani Town (all sectors), North Karachi (all sectors), Manghopir Town, Qasba Town, Orangi Town (all sectors), North Nazimabad (all blocks), FB Area (all blocks), Gulberg (all blocks), Buffer Zone, SITE Industrial Area, Baldia Town, Ittehad Town, Mauripur, Central Region’s Gulshan-e-Maymar, Ahsanabad, Janjal Goth and SITE Super Highway as well as their adjacent areas.
On July 25, SSGC Managing Director Imran Maniar inaugurated the pipeline commissioning which would improve gas pressure in Karachi’s western region.
The SSGC, in a press release, said that the project is aimed at enhancing its facilities to meet customers’ requirements related to gas.
It added the pipeline will largely address the issues of low-pressure supply of gas to the company’s industrial customers located in the western region. The cost of the entire project is Rs3,859 million.
“The project will segregate the low-pressure domestic and commercial consumers from high-pressure industrial consumers of SITE and Hub Industrial Areas. The present demand of these industrial customers is around 130-140 MMSCFD, whereas, the future excessive demand is estimated to be 80-100 MMSCFD.
“Hence, around 269 MMSCFD demand would be met through this new pipeline. This pipeline will also serve as a feeding source for the 16″ dia x 5 km pipeline from SMS Surjani to Madinat-al-Hikmah, which is one of the five projects of SSGC’s Master Plan of expansion of the Distribution Network in Karachi,” the SSGC maintained.