The SNGPL and SSGC initiated around 16 and 23 infrastructure development projects respectively, 'Out of which several have been completed fully and some partially till date,' a senior official privy to the petroleum sector developments told reporter .
During the current fiscal year, he said the companies under a strategy to reinforce and expand their transmission network would lay additional 13,599 kilometers.
The capacity of SNGPL and SSGC would be enhanced by laying additional 12,100 km and 1,499 km pipelines in their areas respectively by
The official said the companies would invest
While the companies were expecting that they would provide gas supply to approximately 430,695 new consumers during the fiscal year 2019-20, he said.
According to official data, the companies had laid 69 km transmission, 3,232 km distribution and 1,366 km service lines and connected 165 villages and towns with their network during
The companies had laid 328 kilometers gas transmission network, 8,861 km distribution and 1,216 km service lines and connected 231 villages and towns to the gas network during the year 2017-18.
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