Moving bomb: 'Jugadu' Pakistanis fill cooking gas in plastic balloons as economic crisis grips nation

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People in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are compelled to fill cooking gas in plastic bags amid shortage in supply of cylinders.

Reeling under the heft of a crumbling economy, the Pakistani government has failed to provide its people with basic amenities as citizens are compelled to use plastic bags to fulfil their LPG (cooking gas) needs.

Appalling as it may sound, Pakistanis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are using plastic bags to store LPG as a dip in the stock of cooking gas cylinders has forced the vendors to cut short the supply.

According to reports, people in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have not been provided with gas connections since 2007, whereas Hangu city has been deprived of gas connection for the last two years as the pipeline that carried the gas remains unrepaired ever since it broke down.

HOW IS GAS STORED IN PLASTIC BAGS?

With the help of a compressor, gas vendors fill LPG in a plastic bag before shutting the opening of the bag tight with a nozzle and valve. It takes approximately an hour to fill three to four kg of gas in the plastic bag.

Ironically, in 2020, nearly 85 barrel of oil and 64,967 million cubic feet of gas was extracted from the region of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa. Despite that, people are compelled to buy gas in plastic bags at Rs 500 to 900, as commercial gas cylinders cost around 10,000 Pakistani rupees.Carrying gas in a plastic bag makes the blast risk more palpable as it is believed to be no less than a moving bomb. According to a report, at least eight patients were admitted to a burn care centre of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences after getting injured due to these plastic bags

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