PM to inaugurate BRT Peshawar project today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) metro bus project today.

The prime minister had postponed his visit to Karachi due to the inaugural ceremony of the BRT project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. 

The prime minister will be accompanied by Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan. He will also be given a briefing on BRT Peshawar.

The distribution of travel cards among the citizens for traveling in BRT buses has also started. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to distribute a total of 100,000 travel card.

Earlier, the prime minister was scheduled to cut the ribbon of the BRT project in June 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus. BRT’s inaugural has been delayed nine times.

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The government had claimed to complete the BRT project at a cost of Rs 49 billion in six months, however, as per the data, more than Rs 80 billion were spent.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had launched an investigation into the delay in the BRT project, but at the request of the government, the Supreme Court ordered the FIA to suspend the investigation into the BRT project.