August 17, 2020: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) would gasify the localities and villages falling within five-kilometer radius of gas producing fields, being operated by Exploration and Production companies in different parts of Sindh and Balochistan.

A senior official privy to petroleum sector developments told APP that the company is in the process of preparing PC-I to undertake the first phase of the project which will be submitted to DDWP for its approval.

He said the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet has recently allowed the Finance Division, on a summary submitted by the Petroleum Division, to release Rs1 billion to the company for undertaking the gas supply project in the localities situated within 5-KM radius of gas fields.

The SSGC has also planned to lay 1,418 KMs additional distribution and transmission lines in the year 2020-21.

Radio Pakistan

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