KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar has said that Karachi’s first-ever modern transport system will become operational in five months.
On a social media website Twitter, the minister said that the contract for the intelligent transportation system for the Karachi green line bus rapid transport project has been signed between NRTC and SIDCL during a meeting yesterday.
Asad Umar further said the meeting was informed that the prototype buses would be ready for testing and commissioning by April, 25th of next month.
The contract for the intelligent transportation system for the karachi green line bus rapid transport project signed between NRTC and SIDCL yesterday. Inshallah the green line which will be the first ever modern transport system in karachi will be operational in August this year pic.twitter.com/6UOLt4byXl
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) March 27, 2021
It is worth mentioning here that the BRT Green Line project with intersections has a 24 km long route, which includes 12.7 km elevated, 10.9 km at grade, and 422 meters underground route, and has 25 stations. The construction work on Phase-I was started in 2016.
The phase-II common corridor from Gurumandir up to Municipal Park with a length of 2.5 km has two underpasses at M.A Jinnah Road. The state-of-art underground bus terminal with a parking facility and the commercial mezzanine floor has been constructed at Numaish.
