Putting lives of the residents in danger, owners of restaurants, hotels and factories of eatables in thickly populated areas have installed compressors to suck gas from main supply lines with alleged connivance of the officials of district administration and the gas company.
Lives and properties of the residents are at risk as the compressors are equivalent to bombs and can cause great damages if they explode.
Moreover, the devices suck gas from main gas pipelines, causing low gas pressure in the surrounding areas.
Residents of different areas in the city said that the concerned officials of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) were taking Rs 1,000 to 3,000 monthly from each restaurant and food factories to ignore the matter. They said that even district government officials were not taking any action against the illegal activity and only giving lip service about the matter.
They said that the gas supply company was providing low gas pressure and the hotels, restaurants and factory owners were further adding to their woes by installing the compressors.
