Senate warns of gas delay despite PM and Supreme C...

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• The committee also questioned the rising estimated cost of the Al Badar gasification scheme in Ghotki and directed the Sui Southern Gas Company to review and justify the revised figures, including material and construction rates.
• The committee reviewed implementation of the five kilometre gasification policy for villages located around gas fields in Ghotki, Qadirpur, Tando Allah Yar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Badin, Sanghar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
• The report must show the present status of gasification schemes being handled by SSGC and SNGPL, the villages located within five kilometres of gas fields and whether they have received gas, and the funds approved, released and used for the projects.

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Islamabad:  The Senate Petroleum Sub-Committee expressed concern over delays in providing gas to villages near gas fields despite directions from the Prime Minister and the Supreme Court. It warned that local people should not be deprived of their promised gas facilities due to slow implementation.

The committee also questioned the rising estimated cost of the Al Badar gasification scheme in Ghotki and directed the Sui Southern Gas Company to review and justify the revised figures, including material and construction rates.

The sub committee meeting was held at Parliament House under the chairmanship of Senator Jam Saifullah Khan, with Senator Hidayatullah Khan also attending. The committee reviewed implementation of the five kilometre gasification policy for villages located around gas fields in Ghotki, Qadirpur, Tando Allah Yar, Tando Muhammad Khan, Badin, Sanghar and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.