Govt to Set up Over 60 LPG Plants

The government is setting up over 60 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)-air mix plants in selected areas without natural gas supply. Two state-owned companies, Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL), will establish the plants in far-flung areas of their respective regions at an estimated cost of Rs1,353.29 million.

“The companies will set up these (LPG-air mix) plants and supply lines using their own funds,” official sources in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources said. The companies would set up 30 air mix plants each in their respective transmission network in areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chitral, Gilgit-Baltistan and backward areas of Balochistan. Setting up of the LPG-air mix plants will also prevent rapid deforestation of these areas since cutting of trees for firewood will be reduced.