Sui Southern gas Company has intensified Operation Girft Phase 11 in its franchise area Sindh and Balochistan. SSGC's team has commenced survey/inspection of Industries in accordance to their GSA and Gas load, meters and other technical appliances.

In this regard, SSGC teams from measurement, sales, and SS&CGTO carried out a joint survey in Karachi, in which thorough inspection of five industries was carried out. The industries included; M/s Hasmat dyeing, M/s Mehtab Garments, Shahnawaz n Coy, Chhepa Textile, and Ghuasia Dyeing, M/S the dyers, Musa and Salim, Multi Rod Products, Baksh Feed And allied products, and Sualin Brothers. The team will be taking strict action against these industries on violation of Gas Sales Agreement, along with Extra Connected Load and Meter Size.

In Nawabshah, the team unearthed two cases of direct gas theft from, by two commercial businesses. A hotel & power generation business, along with a Fast Food business were found to be stealing gas with a total connected load of 680cft/hr and 275cft/hr respectively.

Another raid was carried out in Landhi, Karachi, where 3000 defaulter residents were found to be stealing gas. All illegal connections were removed on spot, and the efforts to curtail gas theft in the future will continue.

And on the legal front, three culprits were convicted by the Honorable Gas Utility Court and were fined them. Additionally, the Gas Theft Control Task Force detected underground and overhead theft in Kambar, Lakhi, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, and Thull where 12 houses were involved in gas theft, whereas, in Sukkur region, 24 houses were involved in multiple cases of gas theft.-PR