Unknown saboteurs blew up two gas pipelines supplying gas to Och power plant and Punjab in two different incidents in Malguzar area of Jaffarabad and Doli area of Dera Bugti districts in the wee hours of Sunday, police sources told APP.
Some unknown men planted explosive device which went off and damaged 18-inch gas pipeline in Malguzar area and supply to Och gas field was suspended as a result of the blast.
In another incident, explosive device exploded by 30-inch gas pipeline in Doli area and gas supply to Rajanpur, Raheem Yar Khan, Muzaffargarh and some other areas of Punjab was suspended as a result of the explosion.
Police have registered cases against unknown miscreants. Investigation was in progress. Meanwhile, Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) sources said that they had sent engineers to the sites for repairing the damaged pipelines.
OGDC sources said that power supply production, however, was not affected due to the blast as the power plant arranged gas supply from its alternative sources.
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