SSGC’s Security Services and Counter Gas Theft Operations (SS & CGTO) team continued to make major inroads against gas theft in the commercial units by conducting several raids that led to three arrests. SS & CGTO, along with SSGC Police and the Company’s Recovery Department team, conducted raids on a sweet shop, dupatta dyeing factory and a marriage lawn in New Karachi, Korangi and Shah Faisal Colony, respectively and apprehended their owners for using gas directly from the service lines The total connected load of the three raids was 807 ft/hr. SSGC Police led an FIR against Omer Hayat, Arsalan Mirza and Altaf Bhatti before arresting them. Appropriate c aims are also being raised in all three commercial theft cases to recover losses incurred.
Meanwhile, in fresh operations, around 7,870 illegal domestic connections were removed in different cities and towns by the Company’s theft control teams. In a major domestic raid conducted by the theft control team of the Company’s Customer Relations Department (CRD) Team in Gadap Town, around 7,000 illegal connections were dismantled. Claims are being raised. In other Kara hi areas, including Malir, Lyari, Essa Nagri, Surjani Town, DHA, Mehmoodabad, Scheme-33 and PIB Colony, around 610 illegal domestic connections were removed. In the leverage cases, residents had illegally extended gas connections that were dismantled during the raids. Theft c aims are being raised accordingly.
Raids were also conducted by SSSSGC’sheft control teams on houses involved in underground and overhead theft in Nawabshah, Dadu and Larkana regions, with the removal of 20 illegal domestic connections. The teams removed theft clamps and rubber pipes used for pilferage. Consequently, theft claims are being raised. In Hyderabad, SS & CGTO, CRD, and Distribution teams jointly conducted raids in two laundries in Qasimabad and dismantled the illegal connections. FIRs are being lodged.
Meanwhile, in upper and lower Balochistan, the crackdown against gas theft miscreants continued. The theft control teams removed 240 overhead and underground illegal gas connections in the Quetta, Kalat, and Dera Allayar regions. More than five f ke meters were also found to be disconnected. n addition, lamps and rubber pipes used in gas theft were removed and confiscated. Heft claims are also being raised.
In the meantime, strict monitoring and vigilance of the gas theft-infested areas will be ensured to prevent repeated pilferage cases in the residential neighbourhoods of the cities mentioned above.
SSGC is laser-focused on controlling the menace of gas theft through regular raids and aggressive prosecution. Gas theft is one of the major reasons behind SSGC’sSSGC’sred Unaccounted-for gas (UFG) or line losses.
