Eighteen-inch gas pipeline was destroyed after a bomb explosion in Dera Murad Jamali early Friday morning resulting in the suspension of gas to the Uch power plant. The pipeline supplies gas to the Uch power plant from Sui which has now been suspended. The suspension of gas to two units of Uch power plant has brought down the generation of electricity by 800MW.
According to police more than a foot of the gas pipeline was affected due to the explosion. Police have cordoned the area and begun investigations. SSGCL teams reached the spot and started repair work to restore the much needed gas supply. Several areas of Balochistan were without gas after the explosion. Meanwhile, the power shortfall reached 4500MW on Friday as the generation was only 7500MW against the demand of 12000MW, according to NTDC.