KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has launched a fresh crackdown on gas theft in residential areas of upper Sindh, disconnecting illegal connections to 140 houses in two separate raids, a statement said on Thursday.
"The SSGC displayed its zero tolerance against gas theft with fresh set of raids in residential areas of upper Sindh," it added. During a crackdown undertaken by the Distribution Zone in Hyderabad's Zafar Housing Society and Mahar Ali Society, Phase 1, Kohisar, Latifabad, illegal connections to 20 and 120 houses were dismantled that were involved in direct theft.
The residents had illegally extended rubber pipes through theft clamps and fixed them on SSGC's feeder mains which were welded during the operations. "19,200 cubic meter/year and 115,200 cubic meter/year volumes of gas were being stolen in Zafar Housing Society and Mahar Ali Society, respectively with total disregard for the law. Post these raids, theft claims are being raised."
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