I WOULD like to draw the attention of authorities concerned towards the SSGC gas leakage in front of my house on 13th Central Street, DHA phase II, Karachi.

While I did receive last month’s bill, the gas stove has not been burning in my house since Aug 6. My SSGC complaint number is 8088676295. The SSGC blames CBC and DHA for not authorising repair work/road cutting to cover their mismanagement.

The CBC and DHA did the necessary paper work by Aug 8 and the SSGC was asked to collect relevant challan. No gas restoration work has been undertaken by the SSGC.

Instead, the SSGC has come up with a new excuse that it will take time for their finance department to make payment to CBC. Therefore repair cannot proceed as CBC does not authorise repair work without receiving repair work charges on their streets.

Such is the sorry state of affairs. Preventive maintenance is the sole responsibility of a gas distribution company, and customers are charged for it. The semi-government gas distribution company is incurring billions of rupees in line losses to Pakistan. Gas worth billions of rupees goes up in the air.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan is requested to take suo motu notice or formulate a JIT to investigate the hidden matters of line losses by distribution companies, including gas companies. The ‘smart’ mismanagement and corruption has destroyed the very core infrastructure of Pakistan.

It is now threatening the very existence of CPEC infrastructure requirements. Loyal Pakistanis have to act now.

Munir ul Haq

Karachi

Published in Dawn, September 26th, 2020