ISLAMABAD
A sub-committee of the federal cabinet on Energy headed by Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar Thursday announced to shut gas supply to CNG sector in order to overcome shortages to household consumers.
During the meeting headed by Asad Umar, a detailed briefing was given on demand and supply of gas in the winter season along with load management options available with the government.
The meeting approved measures to safeguard the household consumers from being hit by the gas shortage and decided to ensure uninterrupted supply to them. The meeting decided that the gas supply from the captive power plants would be diverted to household users besides also disconnecting the supply to the CNG sector.
Rather than the CNG sector, the meeting decided to ensure gas supply to the export sector. The cabinet body on energy also mulled over a summary regarding an oil storage facility in Kemari and established a committee to be headed by SAPM on CPEC to look into the matter.
