SSGC's Customer Relations Department's (CRD) Task Force on Thursday disconnected the gas supply of two commercial customers on account of gas theft. The first connection was installed in a canteen, which was running in the premises of Civil Hospital Karachi, whose gas meter was removed by the SSGC in the month of March this year due to non payment.
The vendor of the said canteen had not cleared the gas bills amounting to Rs 2,450,578. After the disconnection in March'13, the vendor started using gas directly through rubber pipes. The members of the Task force, with the co-ordination of SSGC's Recovery Department, on Thursday killed the gas connection completely.
Both the departments also conducted a joint raid on Thursday on another canteen being operated in the premises of Sindh Secretariat building. According to the Recovery Department, the vendor of the said canteen owes SSGC's Rs 1,371,750, and its gas supply was also disconnected in June 2010. Instead of paying the gas bill, the vendor started using gas illegally after the removal of its meter. The SSGC crew also suspended its gas service completely on Thursday. Nawab Ali Shah, Deputy Chief Manager (CRD) was leading the SSGC's raiding party.
On the directives of company's managing director, the Recovery Department, Surveillance and Monitoring Department and Customers Relations Department are continuously conducting similar raids in the different parts of the city, including in Baldia town, Mehran Town (Super highway), Shah Abdul Lateef Town, Al-Asif Square and Rabia City Apartments and disconnected thousands of connections, from which gas was being used directly without meters.-PR
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