ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) has reported that an amount of Rs. 71 million was approved and released for supply of Natural gas to various villages/adjoining `abadies' in District Rawalpindi.
Giving details, an official of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources said here on Wednesday the areas included Tarbella Colony and other localities against which Rs. 8 million were allocated out of the above funds.
SNGPL has reported that it is fact that natural gas has not been supplied to the said colony so far due to the reasons that funds amounting to Rs. 71 million were credited in Assignment account during November 2012 and all such projects which were approved during fiscal year 2012-13 fall under the purview of Constitution Petition-20 of 2013.
In addition to the above physical execution of works is also subject to the approval of Distribution Development Budget by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority, they said.
They further informed that in pursuant to directions of the Supreme Court (In CP-20) to re-examine the schemes announced after 2012-13 for feasibility by the competent authority, all gas distribution development schemes are being examined by the Government for taking final decision for abandoning or completion of the same.
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