SSGC removes more than 5,200 illegal gas connections

In a relentless effort to control the menace of gas theft, the SSGC continued to conduct raids in its franchise areas.

Theft Control team of Company’s Customer Relations Department conducted multiple raids in Karachi’s Liaquatabad, Abdullah Goth (Bin Qasim Zone) and Mehran Town, Korangi. The team cut off 5,216 gas theft disconnections as the residents of these localities had extended illegal gas arrangements from the existing meters and service points through rubber pipes.

The SSGC’s Security Services and Counter Gas Theft Operations (SS&CGTO) Wing along with SSGC Police raided Shah Jee Hotel located in New Chali, Karachi, and arrested its owner Fareed Ullah on charges of a direct gas connection. The total connecting gas load was found 610 cubic feet per hour. The SS&CGTO also raided a roadside hotel in Korangi during night time and found gas being stolen from company’s service line. The SSGC lodged an FIR against the hotel owner Shameel. Gas theft claims are being raised for both these cases.

During another operation by the theft control team, seven illegal gas connections were dismantled in Falak Naz Dream City located in Memon Goth, Karachi. In Nawabshah, the SSGC’s Distribution Department removed an underground clamp connected to an 8’ dia. supply main that was illegally benefitting 14 houses. In Larkana more than 10 underground and overhead theft cases were unearthed during the raids. Clamps and rubber pipes were removed and theft claims were raised accordingly.