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Blast shuts down Uch power plant
 Suspected tribal militants blew up a gas pipeline in the Dera Murad Jamali on Sunday, shutting supplies to a US and British-owned power plant for the second time this month, a government official said. A blast damaged a 24-inch diameter pipeline, cutting off gas supply to the nearby Uch private power plant. "It is an act of sabotage," Abdul Samad Lasi, a senior local administration official, said.Militants carried out a similar attack in the same region earlier this month, shutting down the plant. Lasi said that the 586-megawatt Uch power plant would remain closed until the pipeline, which is not owned by the power plant, was repaired, but could not say how long this would take. Posted by: Fred 2006-01-16 |
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