PESHAWAR: Gas supply to many areas of the provincial capital will remain suspended for two days due to shifting of the pipelines from the route of Bus Rapid Transit project.

An SNGPL spokesman said on Tuesday that main gas pipelines of 12” and 8” diametre on GT Road near Jinnah Park would to be re-routed.

He said to carry this major shifting the supply of natural gas to many localities along the GT Road from Tarnab Farms to Jinnah Park localities, interior city, entire walled city such as Gulbahar, Nishtarabad, Hashtnagri, cantonment, Khyber Road, Warsak Road, Governor House, Chief Minister House, Kohat Road and the areas along Ring Road would remain suspended from 8pm on Nov 28 (Wednesday) till 5pm on Nov 29 (Thursday).

The official requested all the SNGPL consumers both in the residential and commercial/industrial areas to take extreme caution and switch off all the gas-run appliances during the shutdown to avoid any mishap.

He assured the consumers that the SNGPL’s technical staff would complete the process of shifting the major pipelines within shortest possible time.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2018