KARACHI : All the CNG stations will close their operation completely for three days and no gas sales would be allowed to the vehicles in whole Sindh region during this shut down period. The industrial sector would observe only one day shut down as usual on Sunday 1st December 2013. In compliance with sectoral priority order for gas load management, during the coming week, all CNG Stations in Sindh region would remain closed for three (03) days.
According to the schedule, all CNG stations in Sindh will remain closed from 08:00 am on Monday 2nd December 2013, till 08:00 am on Tuesday 3rd December, 2013 for 24 hours. Another shut down will be observed on Wednesday 4th December, 2013 from 08:00 am to Thursday 5th December, 2013 till 08:00 am for 24 hours. The 3rd shut down will be started from 8.00 a.m. on Friday, 6th December, 2013 and will end on Saturday, 7th December, 2013, till 8.00 a.m. for 24 hours. CNG stations found operative during this period will have their gas supply disconnected. SSGC authorities have also advised the owners of the CNG Stations not to fill CNG in such vehicles, where safety of installation of CNG cylinders / piping is not ensured. All the industrial and captive power units in whole Sindh region will observe the gas shut for one day, which will stars from 7 am on Sunday 1st December 2013 and will end at 7am on Monday 2nd December, 2013. The surveillance teams will be monitoring compliance and have been fully authorized to disconnect gas supply for 48 hours of any customer found violating the above schedule. SSGC regrets the inconvenience which may be caused to CNG users and industrialists during the above notified shut down period.