Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has given 10 days to Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director to work out a plan to construct underground and Mezzanine floor for BRT Station at Numaish so that final decision could be taken to start the project
KARACHI,(Pakistan Point News - 09th FebSindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has given 10 days to Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director to work out a plan to construct underground and Mezzanine floor for BRT Station at Numaish so that final decision could be taken to start the project, 2018 ): Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has given 10 days to Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director to work out a plan to construct underground and Mezzanine floor for BRT Station at Numaish so that final decision could be taken to start the project.
The Chief Minister took this decision in his meeting with ADB Country Director, Pakistan Resident Mission Ms. Xiaohong Yang who along with Mian Shaukat Shafi, Head Urban Unit of ADB and others met him here at the CM House on Friday. The meeting was attended by Minister for education Jam Mehtab Dahar, Chief Secretary Rizwan Memon, Chairman P&D Mohammad Waseem, Principal Secretary to CM Sohial Rajput, Secretary Education Iqbal Durani, Secretary Transport Saeed Awan, Secretary Works Aijaz Memon and other concerned officers.
The projects which came under discussion included Supporting Public Private Partnership Investments in Sindh Province, the Proposed Sindh Education Sector Investment Programme and ongoing and future energy sector projects, and ongoing and future transport projects particular, Sindh Roads and Karachi BRT. Murad Ali Shah said that the major objective of BRT is to improving the urban transport system (UTS) of Karachi. He thanked the ADB for providing technical and financial support to implement a bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor and strengthening institutions and organizations managing the urban sector.
It may be noted that the project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) would build on feasibility studies for priority BRT corridors undertaken by JICA for Green and Red Lines and the government for Yellow Line and on advance preparation activities undertaken under an ADP Cluster. The ADB has approved a $9.7 million Project Design Advance (PDA) loan for BRT project. The ADB Country Director suggested the chief minister to establish an Underground and Mezzanine floor for Station at Numaish.
It must be developed a retail area. The chief minister said that it would consume more time to start the project. On this she suggested to involve her engineers and expert team to design and monitor execution of the project. The chief minister gave her 10 days to give him a detailed report containing estimated cost and completion period. The ADB is working on 21.5 km long Red Line BRT starting from Model Colony, airport, University Road, NIPA and Numaish. It would be around $200 million project. The Chief Minister also approved establishment of Karachi Bus Rapid Transit Company responsible for operation & maintenance of different Lines.
