Domestic consumers to get gas three times a day
28% of households in Pakistan get gas supply
Federal Energy Minister Hammad Azhar has said that the domestic consumers will get gas three times a day for cooking.
“The gas supply will be ensured for the residential consumers at the time of breakfast, lunch and dinner,” he said while speaking on the floor of the Senate Friday.
Earlier, there were reports that the gas will only be available thrice a week.
According to the energy minister, the gas reserves in the country have depleted from 2000 Million Cubic Feet per Day (MMCFD) in 2010 to 800 MMCFD this year.
پاکستان کے گیس ذخائر میں تیزی سے کمی ہوئی 2010 میں SNGPL کا یومیہ بہاؤ 2000mmcfd جو اب صرف 800mmcfd رہ گیا ہے اور 28 فیصد گھریلو صارفین کی ضروریات کو پورا کرنے کے لیئے انڈسٹری کو گیس فراہمی محدود کرنی پڑتی ہے۔ @Hammad_Azhar pic.twitter.com/tiZD8T9arL
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“The gas is being supplied to at least 28% of households in Pakistan,” he said. “While the other 70% of households do not get the gas supply.”
He pointed out that to ensure the supply to those 28% households, the government every year curtails from the industrial sector which is “unreasonable”.
He further said that the country has secured 11 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the months of November and December.
Earlier in the day, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy in which the government decided to continue gas supply to the power and fertiliser sectors, while domestic and industrial consumers will suffer shortages due to a shortfall in winters.
