According to Minister, Karachi now has Pakistan’s first electric bus service, and the BRT Red Line is the country’s first biogas project.
Sindh Transport and Mass Transit Minister stated that Trans Karachi had received a parcel of land from KMC for the construction of a bus depot at Aladdin Park and that work on the biogas plant and bus depot should begin as soon as possible. According to him, Karachi now has Pakistan’s first electric bus service, and the BRT Red Line is the country’s first biogas project.
Sindh Transport and Mass Transit Minister presided over a meeting of the Trans Karachi Board of Directors at his office on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Dr. Saifur Rehman, the administrator of Karachi, Secretary of Transport Abdul Haleem Sheikh, Justice (Rtd) Shaiq Usmani, Rukhsana Rahooja, Shumail Sikandar, and Iqbal Lalani.
Professor Sarosh Hashmat Lodhi, vice chancellor of NED University, additionally took part in the meeting via video link. The board meeting went over the BRT Red Line Project’s development in great detail.
Provincial Minister gave the order to speed up the BRT Red Line project’s construction at this time. No project completion delay would be tolerated, he added. He stated, “The government wants the project to be completed within the specified time because citizens are experiencing severe difficulties as a result of the project.”
The chairman, had ordered that the province’s public transportation system be upgraded. In order to carry out the chairman’s vision, he claimed that the transport department is working day and night on transportation projects throughout Sindh.
Construction on the Red Line BRT is being done in two stages. Malir to Mosmiyat is covered by one phase, and Mosmiyat to Tower is covered by the other.
The bus route is anticipated to greatly assist college and university students once it is finished. Given that the entirety of University Road is home to numerous well-known educational institutions, including KU, NED, and Urdu University, among other amenities,