Gas pipeline blown up in Balochistan, disrupts service
Gas supply was disrupted to Mach town in Pakistan after a gas pipeline passing through the Bolan River was blown up on Wednesday.
A portion of the six-inch pipeline caught fire after the powerful explosion, officials told Dawn News.
Engineers of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) stopped the supply and a repair and maintenance team, along with required machinery, had been dispatched to the affected site, the Pakistani newspaper reported.
SSGC spokesman Safdar Hussain told the newspaper that a repair work was immediately started.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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