Govt clears way for gasification of villages near gas fields
The Pakistani government has approved an initial Rs200 million to provide natural gas to 42 villages near the Badar Gas Field. This initiative follows long-standing directives to ensure local communities benefit from nearby natural resource extraction.
Why it matters
It addresses infrastructure inequality and the fulfillment of government obligations to communities living near industrial extraction sites.
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday said it was finalizing policy guidelines to provide natural gas to villages located within a five-kilometer radius of gas-producing fields, while approving an initial Rs200 million to begin gasification of 42 villages near the Badar Gas Field in Sindh’s Ghotki district.
The assurance came during a meeting of a subcommittee of the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum, chaired by Senator Jam Saifullah Khan, which reviewed implementation of the prime minister’s 2003 directive and Supreme Court orders requiring gas supply to eligible nearby villages.
The committee unanimously decided to give top priority to the remaining 42 villages around the Badar Gas Field. The project is estimated to cost Rs617 million.
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