Govt urged to slash gas price for CNG sector

Rawalpindi: The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Monday asked the government to provide relief to the millions of consumers by slashing gas price for the CNG sector.

Recently, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) reduced the gas tariff by Rs200 per million British thermal units (mmbtu) for industrial consumers which is a laudable move but the CNG sector was not given the benefit, it said.

The reduction in gas tariff has revitalised many sectors including the fertiliser industry but the CNG sector could not get the benefit as is was kept out of the list, said Central Chairman of APCNGA Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha.

In a statement issued here today, he said that there is a very narrow difference between prices of petrol and CNG which has reduced the consumption of cleaner fuel therefore the reduction in tariff of local gas for the industrial sector should also be applied to CNG sector.