SNGPL Team Busted Gas Theft Network

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SNGPL team busted gas theft network

The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited Lahore region team conducted a raid in different areas and caught gas theft

LAHORE- (Pakistan Point News- 23rd April 2019) The SNGPL team has conducted a raid against gas theft and disconnected supply to commercial units.

According to details, in continuation of SNGPL’s task force team’s crackdown against gas pilferage, the SNGPL General Manager Lahore Tayyab Faisal and Chief Engineer Lahore Imran Virk organized successful UFG Team raid in Gulberg area of the city, and disconnected supply to dyeing setup, being used for commercial purposes.

A consumer was using gas for dyeing of clothes from the domestic meter in violation of the contract. Another successful raid was conducted at Abu Bakar Colony near Gulshan Ravi, Band Road and removed bypass which was stealing gas forBakery oven at a line pressure of 13 psig. Gas was being used in double stage bakery oven having 2 Tip Injectors. Teams removed direct bypass from the site and forwarded application for registration of FIR at concerned Police Station. In another raid, SNGPL Taskforce teams busted gas pilferage in plastic factory, where a domestic connection was being illegally used for industrial purposes through steam boiler, 12 nozzle burner, 3 heaters in Gujjar Pura, Zarrar Shaheed Road, whereas in China Scheme, Baghbanpura, plastic molding unit was raided,SNGPL taskforce team disconnected domestic meter in use by the factory to operate two molding machines.

Iftikhar Alam

Iftikhar Alam Cheema is a Lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, environment, culture, and art.