Sorry… we have no gas

Sorry… we have no gas

As we pretend ourselves brave and a daring nation, we have to face hard realities about present scenario. Simply, the country does not have enough gas resources to fulfill the needs of CNG stations, factories, and the stoves in private homes.

As winter started in the country, the gas crisis is likely to worsen. People took to the streets when they failed to keep themselves warm with temperature reaching at freezing point. Federal Minister for Petroleum, Dr. Asim Hussain, without hiding anything,
told the National Assembly about the severe situation. Of course, this is not good news to hear.

However, the good news is that the PML-N, which initially aggressive, ready to cooperate with the government to overcome the crisis. The Petroleum Minister peacefully responded to the threat of civilian disobedience saying that CNG stations in Punjab consumed
more gas than the domestic users.

After realizing the situation, the mild-mannered PML-N seconded the federal government to close all CNG stations for an indefinite period in Punjab. This will help not only help keep the gas flowing into homes but in the factories as well.

It is quite a sensible step, but the government didn’t bother to take a hardship those running vehicles on CNG. The ministry also skillfully handled the issue of continued gas supply to a specific fertilizer plant, owned by some influential person. He clarified
that the gas provision has been stopped now.

The minister informed that CNG usage in Punjab has intensified by 47 per cent in the last few months.

He continued that the province presently consumed 45 per cent of total gas against five per cent in production, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa used nine per cent of the total gas against four per cent in production; Sindh used 66 per cent against production of 44 per
cent, while Balochistan was consuming seven per cent against production of 19.4 per cent.

The above mentioned figures speak a great deal about the grudges of the Baloch about the use of natural resources. The situation further deteriorated when the amount of gas reaching at the domestic users.

The minister blamed the crises on improper planning in the previous regime, informing that the prices of CNG and natural gas would be increased by next year. He, however, failed to brief the house about what had been done by the incumbent government in the
last four years.

The available figures cannot change the reality that we are passing through crises that is affected the lives already hapless masses. The only solution to overcome the crisis is to start work on new projects war-footing grounds.

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Posted by Faisal Farooq on Dec 23 2011. Filed under Opinion, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry