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CNG stations strike in Punjab continues for indefinite period
Posted by K. Shahzad in Basic Needs on April 14, 2011
CNG station on strike Punjab
April 2011 a strike was called by the president of CNG association and came into affect from 13th of April 2011. The reason for CNG stations to go on strike was insufficient supply of gas from SUI Northern Gas Company Limited. This insufficient supply of gas from SUI Northern Gas Company is shocking because we are into the season where gas consumption is lowest of the years. As most of house hold consumption like Room and Water heaters go down in this season, so that provides considerable decrease in daily gas usage.
The winter season is long gone but Sui Northern Gas is still observing some lame Gas Load management plan or Gas Load shedding in other words. Load shedding is mostly being observed in Punjab and its two days a week. Gas load Management plan is not only a big dent on CNG stations’ businesses but a headache for consumers due to the prices of alternate fuel being very high relatively. Plus also gas is not available for two days and two to three days of remaining five days consumers have to face long queues when they are all on the road to refuel their vehicles for usage in off days of CNG availability.
In the summer season when temperatures are already touching and exceeding the 40 degrees Cecilius, this is strange that Sui Northern Gas company is facing gas short fall. It is not only the case in Punjab, this company is struggling in other regions too, like in Sindh same company is not providing sufficient gas to KESC triggering the electricity load shedding of up to 14 hours.
Current political party in government should know its role and should do what ever they can to resolve these daily life necessity issues but sorry to say our leaders still are just sleeping and are indifferent about the problems of people of Pakistan.
Update: In day time very few CNG Stations remained open, they had the long queues but were giving gas of limited volume e.g. just 100 Rs or so. However in night little more number of CNG stations were open for business, but still there were unbearably long queues at those CNG stations.
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CNG load shedding becomes real pain, Potohar region CNG stations flooded with vehicles
Posted by K. Shahzad in Basic Needs on December 30, 2010
CNG load shedding long queues on CNG stations
CNG load shedding CNG Station Queues
When it comes to CNG stations, Potohar region includes the Islamabad, Rawalpindi, areas from Attock to Jehlum and some other adjustment areas. According to government’s lame CNG load management plan on Fridays and Saturdays the CNG stations remain close in this region. Due to this the CNG pumps were kept flooded with vehicles today and specially this evening. So in cold weather when the gas in homes was available with low pressure, ‘getting CNG for vehicles’ was also made very difficult.
So technically along with two CNG load shedding days getting the gas for the vehicle on the day before and day after are also very much difficult and waiting in long queues is mandatory for that. This means in Punjab only three days the CNG is easily available.
This is another story of failure of current administration as this gas shortage issue is now there from several months and a permanent solution for this is long due. Current party in power thinks the load shedding is only solution for shortage of any commodities like power and gas.
CNG Load Management Plan not to end in February
Posted by K. Shahzad in Inside Story on February 17, 2010
Previously when the all Pakistan association of CNG Fuel Stations was gone on strike by closing the CNG stations country wide, the government had held a meeting with the delegation from the association and had e nsured them that they will have to wait only till the end of February 2010 and at the end of month the CNG Load Management Plan will be discontinued. But this is not the case now, the latest statement from the administration side tells that they now don’t know when it is going to be discontinued due to the cold weather and consumption of natural gas. It also have been told that most likely the Gas Load Management or Gas Load shedding will be continued at least march 2010.
Its another promise which is broken by the current government but at the end the outcome is same that they are now saying they don’t know how long this load shedding will lost. Reminding you the previous promises by current government about ending the electricity load shedding and at the end they came with statement that this is not possible at the moment. In fact nothing on earth was done to back those promises up, also in Gas case same is the case.
Not to mention but its again same case of making the public fool as always, current government is very good at making the promises but when it comes to fulfilling them, unfortunately they are no where near, may be they make a promise and forget about that till a time comes when they have to re-thing and get the time period extended.
Another flaw the current country administration have that they don’t come up with facts and figures, just simply the promises which are never going to be fulfilled. The better way to gain the confidence of people is to provide the fact, ok this thing was promised, but we didn’t got able to fulfill it but things are improved to this level etc and full thing will be achieved in such and such period of time. But that will only be possible when government is really commuted to back their promises and do something for betterment of the country but unfortunately this does not seem to be the case at the moment.
Lets hope for the best, hope that this CNG Load Management Plan is discontinued soon and lots more is done to put the country back on the track of economic growth.
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