ISLAMABAD – Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit project gets the final inaugurationdeadline.
The KP provincial government has said that the much-derided multi-billionBus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Peshawar will be completed this year–after missing multiple deadlines.
Kamran Khan Bangash, Special Assistant to Chief Minister on LocalGovernment and Rural Development said this while visiting the BRT reach-1(from Chamkani to Firdous). While speaking to the media, he said that theReach-1 has been completed and the PM will announce its inauguration datesoon.——————————
He said, “Opponents of the government are doing propaganda against the BRTproject at every level, but I assure you that not a single penny has beentaken as a kickback in the project.”
He further added that the BRT was being developed on par with internationalstandards and that the best quality material had been utilized for the BRT.He stressed that despite multiple investigations into the project, no fraudhas been found.
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The Reach-1 section of the BRT has three underpasses, eight bus stops andis 7.8 kilometers long. The project was kick-started with great fanfare inOctober 2017 amidst claims that it will be operational before the 2018general election.
The current Defense Minister, who was the then CM KPK, vowed to complete itwithin six months but since then, it has become an issue for thegovernment.
Interestingly, under the Project Concept-I (PC-I) of the project, April2021 was clearly marked as the deadline for its completion.
