KARACHI: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has intensified its efforts to control natural gas theft, which is a serious problem for the company supplying natural gas to Sindh and Balochistan provinces.
The SSGC has become aggressive in its actions against gas theft after the Gas Theft Control and Recovery Act 2016, passed by the current National Assembly.
In his media briefing , here on Wednesday, SSGC's Director General, Security Services and Control Gas Theft Operations (SS and CGTO) Brigadier (R) Muhammad Abuzar spoke in detail on the Act, which called for penalizing the gas theft and meter tampering offenders. It could lead to fine up to Rs 10 million and imprisonment up to 4 years.
He sought full support from media to the company's actions against gas theft.
He especially discussed the formation of gas utility courts in Sindh and Balochistan. The Federal Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court could establish as many Gas Utility Courts in a district as it may deem necessary for the forceful execution of this Act and appoint a judge for each of such courts.
Brigadier said since his joining SSGC in May 2017, he pursued to establish Security Services and Control Gas Theft Operations (SS & CGTO) Department which was done in July this year. Its main objective was to ensure the enforcement of the Gas Theft Control and Recovery Act 2016.
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