RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Engineer Aamir Khattak, has directed the authorities to complete a new feasibility study of the Metro Bus Service by the first week of August, 2024.
The Commissioner stated that the Metro Bus Service was providing world-class travel facilities to the citizens.
According to a spokesman for the Commissioner’s Office, the Commissioner, while chairing a high-level meeting on a new feasibility study of the Metro Bus Service, said that due to the city’s population, it has become necessary to increase the frequency of buses and routes.
In a briefing, the Commissioner was informed that the Metro Bus Service was providing travel facilities on six routes. NESPAK representatives briefed the Commissioner on the new feasibility study of the Metro Bus Service.
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Work is in progress on the new feasibility study of the Metro Bus Service in proportion to the growing population. Work is being done to increase the number of buses from 100 to 150. Increasing the number of Metro Bus Service routes from 6 to 10 is being considered, the meeting was briefed.
The Commissioner directed NESPAK representatives to complete the new feasibility study of the Metro Bus Service by the first week of August. The Commissioner said that the Metro Bus Service was providing quality travel facilities to the citizens.
After the new feasibility report comes out, the public would have better travel facilities through the Metro Bus Service, Aamir Khattak said, adding that the fixed fare of the Metro Bus Service is a great convenience for the citizens.
