PESHAWAR: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited on Tuesday announced it had diverted more gas to domestic consumers to cope with the demand resulting from drop in temperature.

In a statement, SNGPL General Manager Taj Ali Khan said almost five million cubic feet gas per day had been diverted to domestic sector in Peshawar city to cope with the situation arising out of a surge in demand because of drastic dip in temperatures.

He said supply to the CNG sector had been curtailed between 9am and 4pm, which had resulted in availability of around nine mmcfd more gas to Peshawar’s domestic sector.

He said SNGPL’s special control room was monitoring the situation round the clock. He claimed sufficient supplies, especially during peak hours, had been observed even in the tail-end areas of the network in Peshawar city.

Published in Dawn, December 15th, 2021