AN 18-inch-diameter gas pipeline near Sui caught fire. As a result, a million cubic feet of gas drained out. It appears to be a sabotage activity depriving millions of people in Punjab and elsewhere of gas.
It is unfortunate that nobody owns the safety of gas pipelines spread all over the country. There is a dire need for safeguarding pipelines transmitting gas.
I hope federal and provincial governments will evolve a strategy to protect the pipelines. I suggest patrolling be further augmented so that in future such an incident can be averted.
Cdr (r ) R. Riaz Akbar
Wah Cantt
Published in Dawn, December 27th, 2014
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