LAHORE – Orange Line Metro Train project will be completed in June-July2019.
Punjab senior minister Aleem Khan has revealed and debunked the rumoursthat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s provincial government desired to scrap theproject.
“We won’t close the project. As many as Rs300 billion have already beenspent on the project; even if I want to I can’t [scrap] it now,” Aleemsaid.
“The King (Nawaz Sharif) has left us in great debt for years. We just wantto minimise the losses,” he added.
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The PTI leader said that the provincial government wanted to have earningsfrom every Orange Line station.
“As many as Rs120 billion will be annually spent on the Orange line projectduring the next five years. The Punjab government will have to spend Rs10billion per month,” the minister claimed.
