Imran Sumalani:
MACH: A gas pipeline was blown up in a bomb explosion in Balochistan’s Bolan area on Tuesday evening. The gas pipeline was targeted in the Sirajabad area of Bolan.
Miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) close to a gas pipeline in the mountainous Bolan valley. The IED exploded with a big bang damaging 12 inches of gas pipeline.
Work on the repair of the gas pipeline would be started tomorrow morning, Agha Samiullah, Deputy Commissioner Bolan said.
The blast has affected the gas supply to Quetta and other parts of Balochistan, the DC stated. Security officials reached the spot of the explosion and put a cordon off the area to probe into the incident. However, the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) officials could not reach the spot of the blast because of the darkness and dangers of follow-up blasts.
“We would dispatch our technical team in the morning”, an SSGC official told Daily Quetta Voice via telephone. He requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. He said the company’s high-ups are in contact with the SSGC Quetta office to make sure immediate restoration of the gas supply to Quetta and other parts of Balochistan.