BRT project aims to facilitate commuters, not to generate revenue: Spokesperson.

PESHAWAR -- Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) spokesperson on Monday said that the mega project was aimed to provide subsidized and quality transport service in the provincial capital rather to generate revenue.

In a statement issued here, BRT spokesperson Sadaf Kamil said that TransPeshawar was providing the transport facility to commuters at the cheapest rates and to meet the expenses it needed funds and financial support.

She said that 99 per cent of the public transport systems around the world were being run with the financial support of the government and demanding funds from the government was not a new thing.

She said that despite the increase in prices of diesel the burden was not passed on to the public and still nominal rates were being charged from them, adding that completion of the under-construction commercial properties associated with the BRT project would significantly increase the revenue of the...