PESHAWAR: New positive development reported over the Peshawar Bus RapidTransit system. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Sunday has arranged another testdrive in Peshawar.
According to details, Special Assistant to Chief Minister on LocalGovernment and Rural Development, Kamran Khan Bangash also participated inthe test drive of the project.
Talking to media, the special assistant told that the project will soon beinaugurated by the CM.
It is to be mentioned here that only six percent work was done on thePeshawar BRT project in last six months due to delay in issuance of fundsto the contractors.
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The mega project of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government – which was startedduring Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s previous term in the province – has beensurrounded by controversies and problems since the beginning.
The initial estimated cost of the project was Rs 49 billion which has nowsurged to Rs 68 billion. The government has decided to conduct a forensicaudit of the planned undertaking through the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
