Work on BRT Yellow Line will start soon with WB's support: Sharjeel.

KARACHI -- Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Friday, said that work on the BRT Yellow Line project will start soon with the assistance of the World Bank. The minister while chairing a meeting held here to review public transport projects, directed the transport department to resolve issues in the construction of the bus depot of the Yellow Line project and fast-track tender process of the new Jam Sadiq Bridge to ensure the award of tender in the coming month.

The meeting attended by Secretary Transport Abdul Haleem Sheikh, MD Sindh Mass Transit Authority Kamal Hakeem and Project Director NRTC Sohaib Shafiq also reviewed matters pertaining to People's Bus Service, Electric Bus, BRT Red Line and Orange Line projects in detail.

The meeting decided to start new routes of the People's Electric Bus Service in the month of Ramazan ul Mubarak as the transport department was bringing more electric buses under the project. Sharjeel Memon sought a weekly progress report on the development of BRT Red Line and said that citizens were facing difficulties...

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