APCNGA asks govt for uninterrupted CNG supply

The All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Saturday said the government’s decision to provide natural gas to CNG outlets for two days a week is unacceptable.
Talking to reporters, APCNGA Chairman Ghiyas Paracha said that CNG closure for 22 days a month would not provide any relief to masses. He said that no business can remain viable when it operates for mere eight days a month; adding that CNG filling stations are no exception to the well-defined trade and industry principles.
Ghiyas Paracha said that CNG sector has no alternative available but the natural gas which is available in ample quantity as the weather has normalized reducing peak demand for the commodity.
He said that the demand of gas has receded resulting in full pressure in the 8000 km SNGPL network leaving little room for authorities to keep masses deprived of CNG on one pretext or other.
The gap in the demand and supply of gas could have been decreased if there was any will to contain leakages and control increasing theft, he lamented.
Paracha said that government should immediately order reopening of all CNG outlets for seven days a week in order to ensure relief to masses and keep CNG business feasible.
The leader of CNG sector said that Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain has triggered many disputes while he transformed energy and CNG into chief controversial issue.
The decisions of Dr Asim deprived masses of economical fuel, left millions jobless and put at stake investments in the CNG sector which has not gone down well with any section of society as well as foreign investors, he said. The government should compensate CNG sector for losses and fix the responsibility on those who conspired for importing costly liquid gasses in country in the garb of resolving energy crisis, he demanded.
Paracha warned that APCNGA will continue to carry out protests and stage sit-ins for the rights of Punjab if government failed to fulfill our demands.