LAHORE: In a bid to facilitate consumers with sufficient supplies, the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Saturday said its field offices have replaced 77-kilometre-long leaking and damaged pipelines of 4”, 2” and 1” diameters with new ones in various parts of Peshawar region during the fiscal year that ended on June 30 (FY21).

“We are also carrying out replacement of further 174-kilometre-long old and damaged network of 4”, 2” and 1” diameters during FY22 with Rs513 million. The network is being replaced in Peshawar’s Nothia Qadeem, Nothia Jadeed, Gulberg, Charsadda road, Nasir Bagh road, Gulbahar, Ijazabad, Tajabad and Pajjagi road areas, the SNGPL spokesman said.

The company said its network in the suburbs of Peshawar was prone to theft and losses due to illegal taps and damages. SNGPL is also carrying out a pilot project for the rehabilitation of another 30-kilometre-long network for Rs50m with provision of 25,000 domestic connections.

Published in Dawn, November 28th, 2021