More illegal gas connections cut off in Karachi and Hyderabad

The SSGC has intensified its crack down on gas theives across its franchise areas of Sindh and Balochistan.

The company’s Counter Gas Theft Operations (CGTO) Wing along with Recovery Department disconnected illegal connections of customers who were stealing gas directly through domestic meters for commercial activities.

Raids were conducted in old Karachi city areas of Soldier Bazaar, Ranchore Line and Ramswami where five metres were suspected to have been tampered with and three were found passing unregistered gas where gas was being used.

A joint raid was conducted by a Customer Relations Department (CRD) team in Karachi’s Gul Hasan Town near old Sabzi Mandi where gas was illegally supplied to 2,500 houses from the SSGC’s 63 mm PE line through 3 tapping points. The CRD’s raiding team disconnected all connections.

The theft volume was estimated at 2,400,000 cms per year (Rs75,000,000). The CRD team also cracked down on Shanti Nagar (Sindhi Para) area in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, where residents were being supplied gas through rubber pipes in eight houses. The theft volume in this case was estimated at 7,680 cms per year (Rs240,000).

In Hyderabad, two domestic cases of theft were unravelled by the CRD in Umrani Mohalla and Haala Naka, where residents had installed theft clamps of 6” dia. feeder main for supplying gas to 10 houses and clamps of 2” dia. feeder main for illegal gas supply to 15 houses, respectively. Clamps were summarily removed by the raiding teams in a quick action.

The SSGC pursues its mission to curb this menace of gas theft, which is one of the main causes behind Unaccounted-for-Gas (UFG) or line losses that affect gas utilities’ financial bottom-line.