Sui Southern Gas Company has been taking all steps to bring down the menace of gas theft in its franchise provinces of Sindh and Balochistan. In an intensive grand anti-gas theft crackdown drive in Karachi & other regions, SS&CGTO, along with CRD Theft Section, Distribution Department, SSGC Police & Local Police, continued to conduct multiple raids at various locations in the Karachi region and took immediate action against gas thieves.

Recently in a raid, the team found a direct underground connection from SSGC’s 8 inches distribution line which was found to be supplying gas to 200 houses of Soomar Goth, National Highway, Steel Town, Malir-Karachi. Culprits were taking Rs. 20000/- advance and Rs 2000 as monthly payment. FIR has been lodged against the culprits, Allah Wadaya Abbasi S/o. Allah Wasaya & Rafiq Buledi S/o. Hamal Khan for providing illegal direct connections to the residents.

In another raid, SS&CGTO also found a direct underground illegal connection from SSGC’s 6-inch distribution line. The unlawful gas was being supplied to approximately 300 houses in Sector 30/C of Shah Latif Town & 100 houses in Benazirabad within the jurisdiction of the Steel Town Police Station. In this case as well, the culprits were found to be Allah Wadaya Abbasi S/o. Allah Wasaya & Shafiq Arain, who were taking an advance of Rs. 20000/- and a monthly payment of Rs. 3000. A FIR has been lodged against them.

Meanwhile, in Yar Mohammad Goth, Malir-Karachi, the culprits Muhammad Younus Khan, S/o. Haji Gulistan Khan & Muhammad Rafiq had punctured SSGC’s 20-inch main distribution line, via which they were illegally supplying gas to 300 houses. The culprits were taking a Rs. 10,000/- advance and Rs. 2,000 as a monthly payment. FIRs have been lodged against all those involved in these crimes.

Strict action will be taken against those who continue to waste this precious, quickly depleting resource. SSGC will continue to crack down on gas theft-infested colonies and will fight this menace until it is uprooted from society.