SSGC eyes around Rs2bn gasification drive for 46 Sindh villages

October 19, 2026 (MLN): Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (PSX:SSGC) plans to spend Rs1.922bn in FY2026-27 on extending its gas network to 46 villages and towns in Sanghar and Shikarpur districts of Sindh, laying 178.52 kilometres of pipelines to serve 2,710 prospective consumers under the sixth phase of its gasification programme.

The schemes cover 31 villages and towns near the Bobi gas field in Sanghar and 15 near the Hassan gas field in Shikarpur.

The government will bear most of the cost under a programme that targets communities within a five-kilometre radius of producing gas fields, APP reported.

The Bobi scheme is estimated at Rs1.503bn and involves 132.40 kilometres of pipelines for 1,767 prospective consumers. SSGCL will put in Rs95.418mn, while the government will provide Rs1.408bn.

The Hassan gas scheme is estimated at Rs418.99mn and involves 46.12 kilometres of pipelines for 943 prospective consumers.

The company will contribute Rs50.922mn, and the government will provide Rs368.071mn.

Across both schemes, SSGC’s share comes to Rs146.34mn, against roughly Rs1.776bn from the government.

The programme is being carried out in line with the prime minister’s directions and orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Implementation Bench of the Sindh High Court.

By the fourth year of the programme, SSGC had completed gasification schemes in 404 villages and towns.

These extended gas infrastructure to communities around gas fields in Sindh and Balochistan, including those in Badin, Tando Muhammad Khan and Sanghar districts.

For FY2027-28, the company plans to take the network to another 67 villages and towns at an estimated cost of Rs1.831bn, involving 171.97 kilometres of pipelines for 2,281 prospective consumers.

A further 60 villages and towns are slated for FY2028-29 at an estimated Rs1.796bn, with 155.02 kilometres of pipelines to serve 1,620 prospective consumers.

Taken together, the sixth, seventh and eighth phases cover 173 villages and towns over three financial years, with 505.51 kilometres of pipelines at an estimated Rs5.549bn. SSGC will contribute Rs356.994mn of this, while the government’s share is estimated at Rs5.192bn.

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