CM orders integration of Orange Line with BRT Green Line.

Caretaker Sindh Chief Minister Justice (rtd) Maqbool Baqar has reviewed the different projects of the Transport and Mass Transit Department and directed them to finalize the paperwork for the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project for the forthcoming CPEC-related Joint Working Group meeting and take appropriate measures to increase the ridership of Green Line and Orange Line projects.

He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting at CM House on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Chairman P and D ShakilMangnejo, PSCM Hassan Naqvi, Secretary Transport AsadZamin, and officers of the Sindh Mass Transit Authority. KCR: Secretary Transport AsadZamin briefing the chief minister said that the feasibility of the project has been completed and it would be a primary mass transit corridor to improve the mass transportation system.

The financing agency of the KCR would be CPEC and implementation, execution and operation would be carried out by Karachi Urban Transport Company (KUTC).The CM was told that the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) was discussed in the 10th Joint Working Group (JWG) forum in September between Pakistan and the Chinese delegation to finalize the updated feasibility study submitted to the China Railway Authority.

The Chinese Delegation responded positively and assured necessary approvals in a timely manner.The CM was told the federal government has asked the Sindh government to update/revise the KCR Framework Agreement. The CM directed the Transport...