Various areas of Karachi are facing 20 to 22 hours long gas outages amid the current cold spell.

A spokesperson for the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) said the gap in demand and supply of natural gas has topped 300 million metric cubic feet per day (mmcfd).

Currently, the total demand stands at 1,269 mmcfd compared to total supplies of 952 mmcfd.

“The gas shortfall has reached 302 mmcfd for the first time,” the spokesperson said, adding the shortfall went up due to a fault at a gas field disrupting the supply of about 85 mmcfd of gas.

On Sunday, the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) announced that industrial areas in Sindh and Balochistan will observe a one-day closure on a rotational basis.

A one-day planned industrial closure will be observed on a rotational basis by each industrial area for a period of one month, effective from today (December 26) till January 25, 2022.