Sindh, WB to launch $438m project for improving public transport in Karachi.

KARACHI -- Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday presiding over a meeting on Bus Rapid Transit (BRTs), Yellow Line and Red Line, decided to construct an alternate bridge at Jam Sadique bridge and acquire 32 acres of land at Cattle Colony for the installation of Biogas plant at Bhains Colony.

The meeting was attended by Sindh Minister Transport Sharjeel Memon, Chief Secretary Sohail Rajput, PSCM Fayaz Jatoi, Secretary Finance Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary LG Najam Shah, Secretary Transport Haleem Shaikh and others concerned.

Sindh Minister Transport Sharjeel Memon, while briefing the Chief Minister said that the overarching objective of the project was to improve mobility, accessibility and safety along the Yellow BRT corridor alignment. Sharjeel said that Sindh government and World Bank, on Wednesday, agreed to conduct a joint survey of BRT Yellow Line route, a $438 million project aimed at improving public transport in Karachi.

A 21 km long Yellow line corridor would be constructed from Korangi's Dawood Chowrangi area to Numaish, the central junction of different BRT Lines, while connecting Jam Sadiq Bridge, Main Korangi Road, FTC Interchange, Shah Rah Faisal and Shah Rah Quaideen, and Kashmir Road Interchange of BRT.

Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon discussed with World Bank representatives details of BRT Yellow Line Project in a meeting.

Sharjeel Memon told the CM Sindh that the BRT Yellow Line project was being launched with the assistance of the World bank for Rs 61 billion. The BRT would have 28 stations, including 6 underpass stations, nine underpasses, two U-turns and 2-bridges. He disclosed that the BRT Yellow Line would have 268 diesel Hybrid buses with regular rider-ship of 300,000 per day.

It was pointed out that the BRT Yellow Line would have 80-100 km off-corridor road facilities which needed to be improved. Syed Murad Ali Shah directed the P and D and Transport dept to finalize the alignment of Jam Sadiq Bridge alternate as a right of way of the Yellow Line so that work on the proposed bridge could be started. He added that...