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\u2022 Residents criticise SSGC over inability to ensure supply
\u2022 Many forced to buy expensive LPG to meet their needs in the holy month
\u2022 PPP warns Centre gas crises could push consumers to the end of their tether<\/p>\n
KARACHI: Fasting people of the city on Tuesday had a great deal of hardship when they woke up to find either very low pressure of gas or no supply of it in almost every part of the metropolis, shattering the gas utility\u2019s tall claims of uninterrupted gas supply during Sehri and Iftar in the holy month of Ramazan.<\/p>\n
The gas utility had in a public announcement a couple of days ago assured people of uninterrupted gas supply for Sehri and Iftar preparation. As per the gas utility\u2019s announcement, gas supply will be ensured from 3am to 9am for Sehri, the meal taken in order to gain essential nutrients for fasting, and from 3pm to 10pm for Iftar, the evening meal when the fast is broken.<\/p>\n
\u201cSSGC wishes a blessed Ramazan to its esteemed customers and would like to assure them of uninterrupted gas supply for Sehri and Iftaar preparations,\u201d the Sui Southern Gas Company Limited had said in the announcement.<\/p>\n
However, most parts of the city remained without gas during Sehri and Iftar timings, piling miseries on people, most of whom had not arranged any alternative due to constant claims of the gas utility regarding uninterrupted supply.<\/p>\n
A gas utility spokesperson, however, said that uninterrupted gas supply was ensured during the Sehri and Iftar hours. He said that there was a widening demand and supply gap as there was around 10 per cent depletion annually in the country\u2019s gas reserves.<\/p>\n