ISLAMABAD: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) on Tuesday rejected the reports that the company planning to increase the duration of gas loadshedding to 18 hours from October 15 onward up until March next year.
Terming the schedule being forwarded on social media as “fake news”, SSGC said that a gas management plan had been devised; however, it has been postponed.
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Earlier, there were rumors that Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) announced the 5-month long gas load-shedding in Sindh and Balochistan from October 15 to March 15, with consumers only receiving gas during meal hours for limited time.
State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik, while speaking to a local media channel, clarified that no plan has been announced yet; however, authorities concerned have been directed to devise a strategy ensuring supply during mealtimes “at any cost”.
The SSGC is currently planning, he noted, and it would not be appropriate to shut off the gas during mealtimes in the winter, as it had in the past.
The government “would strive to provide gas for breakfast and mealtimes,” according to a previous statement by Malik, who foresaw a major gas shortage in the upcoming winters.
