SSGC’s gas theft control teams made further inroads into the menace of gas theft by cracking down on miscreants in its franchise provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. Two FIRs were lodged, one in Police Station Larkana against Zulfiqar Ali who was charged with stealing gas from the final billed customer and selling it to three houses in his neighbourhood and another at PS Naudero against Rizwan who stole gas from service valves to feed three houses in his neighbourhood. FIR has also been filed against an hotel owner in Nawabshah who was found reversing the commercial meter by getting connected with the domestic meter. Both meters were removed and service line was killed. Total connected load has been found to be 2,010 cubic feet / hr.
In fresh raids,around 270 illegal domestic connections were removed in different cities and towns by the Company’s theft control teams.
In Karachi, Customer Relations’ Department’s theft control teams removed 182 illegal domestic underground and overhead connections in Mehmoodabad, Gulistan-e-Johar and Federal B. Area. In majority of the pilferage cases, residents had illegally extended gas connections that were dismantled during the raids. Service lines were also killed by SSGC teams to prevent any further unauthorized use. Theft claims are being raised for the recovery of losses incurred.
In upper and lower Balochistan, crackdown against gas theft miscreants continued with removal of 80 domestic overhead and underground illegal gas connections in Quetta, Kuchluk and Ziarat. Three fake meters were found that were also disconnected. In addition, clamps and rubber pipes used in gas theft were removed and confiscated by the theft control teams. Theft claims are also being raised.
Raids were also conducted by SSGC’s theft control teams on houses involved in underground and overhead theft in Nawabshah and Larkana regions, with the removal of 5 illegal connections. Theft clamps and rubber pipes used in pilferage were removed by the reading teams. Consequently, theft claims are being raised.
In the meantime, strict monitoring and vigilance of the gas theft infested areas are being ensured to prevent repeated cases of pilferage in the residential neighborhoods of the above-mentioned cities.
SSGC is laser focused towards controlling the menace of gas theft through regular raids and aggressive prosecution. Gas theft is one of the major reasons behind Unaccounted-for-Gas (UFG) or line losses being incurred by SSGC.
