QUETTA, Feb 16: The Pir Koh and Loti gas plants stopped functioning on Thursday following explosion in the main pipeline. In another incident, the main Quetta-Sibi railway track was blown up near Mach late on Thursday evening.

According to official sources, armed men blew up the 16-inch diameter pipeline connecting six gas wells with the main compressor of the Pir Koh plant.

“The plant automatically shut down when gas supply dropped to zero level,” a senior official of the district administration said.

Railway authorities confirmed that a 2-foot piece of the track linking the city with the rest of the country had been blown up near Mach on Thursday.

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