KARACHI: The Sindh government has announced that double-decker buses and new electric buses will start operating in Karachi from next week. New routes of the People’s Bus Service will also be launched soon in other districts of Sindh.
A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon. Transport Secretary Asad Zamin, SMTA Managing Director Kanwal Nizam Bhutto, TransKarachi CEO Fawad Ghaffar Soomro, and Yellow Line BRT PD Zameer Abbasi attended the meeting.
Officials briefed the minister on the progress of development work on the Yellow Line and Red Line BRT projects. He was also informed about the plan to introduce an EV taxi service in Karachi and the second phase of the Pink Scooty Scheme.
Sharjeel Inam Memon said he expected the double-decker buses and new EV buses to arrive in Karachi by next week. He said new EV bus routes, along with the double-decker route, will be launched to provide better transport facilities to the people of Karachi.
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The senior minister said the Sindh government plans to start the EV taxi service by December and bring 500 more buses during the current financial year. He added that new People’s Bus Service routes will soon be launched in other districts of Sindh.
Sharjeel Inam Memon directed transport officials to complete operational preparations for the new routes.
He also said that training for women and girl students to ride scooties will begin in all divisional headquarters. Work on the Yellow Line BRT is under way day and night, and the Sindh government wants to complete the project as soon as possible.
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He instructed officials to speed up work on the Yellow Line BRT and complete the depots quickly. He said the second section of the Taj Haider Bridge will start soon, while two-way traffic on the bridge has already been opened from today.
Sharjeel Inam Memon further said that all utility shifting on the Yellow Line BRT route must be completed quickly so that the pace of work is not affected.
