Low gas pressure irks twin cities residents

ISLAMABAD: The residents of twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi are facing severe problem of low gas pressure which has badly affected their daily routine life.

They said that they were unable to cook anything at home and had to stand in long queues outside restaurants and Tandoors during breakfast and dinner times.

Zubair Khan, a Tandoor woker at F 6/1, said that due to low gas pressure Tandoor owners were using Liquefied Natural Gas (LPG) or firewood to operate their tandoors .

Customers at the same Tandoor told that the traders of LPG have raised the price manifold as at present LPG is available at Rs160 per kg which is Rs65 higher than the LPG production cost.

Mehwish Ali, a resident of G 7/3, told that the low gas pressure multiplied the miseries of domestic consumers in most parts of the city compelling them to use electric heaters and stoves to fulfill their household chores. She further told that their daily routine has also been badly affected due to the low pressure of gas especially during early morning hours and in the evening when the pressure is reduced to minimum and it becomes too difficult for the people to cook she said.

When contacted, a senior official of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) said that usually gas pressure reduced in the winter season due to considerable gap between the demand and supply. “Hundreds complaints had been registered in the last few days and the company has been trying to sort out the issue to ensure gas supply to the consumers,” he added.