Punjab Govt Announces Fare Concession For Orange Line Metro Train.

Punjab government has announced concessionary fares for aged, people with special needs, women and students traveling in Orange Line Metro train.

The decision was taken by Chief Minister Punjab Parvez Elahi during a meeting where it was also decided to fix phase-wise fares of the train along with free travel facilities for aged people and people with special needs while concessionary tickets will be introduced for students and women.

The meeting attended by former chairman planning and development Salman Ghani and former principal secretary to CM GM Sikandar also constituted an advisory body to convert the Orange Line Metro Train to solar energy.

'The stations of the Orange Line Train will be equipped with solar system,' the chief minister said.

Parvez Elahi further announced to launch pilot project for electric buses in Lahore and said that his government would...