RAWALPINDI: In the wake of rising shortage of gas in the system, the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) stopped supply to filling stations on Monday, although CNG supply to filling stations was scheduled.
It is to be noted that under the government’s gas management plan, CNG is supplied to filling stations twice a week – on Monday and Thursday.
It has been learnt that due to dip in the mercury in different parts of the country, the SNGPL faces a considerable shortage of gas in its system due to which it changed its weekly schedule, stopped supply to the filling stations on Monday.
“We received the schedule for the coming week on Sunday which stated that there will be no gas on Monday due to the shortage in the system,” said Mohammad Khalid, a CNG filling station owner.
Meanwhile, All-Pakistan CNG Association chairman Gayyas Abdullah Paracha said that they would be compelled to start protest if the government did not provide gas to the CNG dealers on an alternate day. “We will not accept the six-day closure of the filling stations,” he threatened.
The association said the unilateral decision would hurt the interests of millions of citizens and thousands of CNG filling station owners. Therefore, it cannot be accepted under any circumstances, said Pervaiz Khan Khattak, the central chairman of the association. He said the closure of the CNG stations throughout Punjab on November 10 was unacceptable as there was no cold wave in any city.
