RAWALPINDI: In a recent development, a massive gas crisis has got Rawalpindi straggling, hitting 70 percent of the areas in the city with the worst of the supply disruptions. With temperatures taking a dip, the crisis has worsened and residents are hardly coping with the shortage.
As a result, neighborhood areas such as Chaklala Scheme III, Gulistan Colony, Wilayat Homes, Eidgah Mohalla, Jamia Masjid Road, Dhoke Hassu, Dhoke Kashmirian, Sadiqabad Khurram Colony, Rawalpindi Cantonment, Khayaban-e-Sir Syed, and Dhoke Kala Khan are reeling under acute supply shortages of gas.
The crisis has touched daily life a smash; people could not even cook for undertakings and lacked gas supplies. Tandoors in many localities had to be closed down because the situation had gone desperate; the common man was being thwarted in meeting his necessities. Parents are now sending children to school without breakfast because they have no gas to cook with.
Revised Gas Schedule
The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd has made changes in the gas timetable to ease the crisis. Nowadays, consumers would simply access gas from 6-9 AM, 12-2 PM, and 6-9 PM. This reformed gas provision schedule allows consumers to make use of gas services at distinct intervals of three vims times in a 24-hour cycle.
These time slots have been particularly designated at 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM for preparing breakfast and heating, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM for midday cooking, and finally from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM for dinner.
