ISLAMABAD – The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is planning to knock onthe doors of the Asian Development Bank (ADP) for a forensic audit of thePeshawar Bus Rapid (BRT) project.
During the last 6 months, the BRT project only met 6% of its planneddevelopment targets.
ADB will ascertain the reasons behind the slow speed and poor quality ofwork in BRT.
Once ADB submits its findings, all those will be held accountable who arefound involved in the slow development of the BRT.
According to reports surfacing in media, ADB will establish whether thePDA, contractors, engineers, or consultants are guilty of the slow pace ofdevelopment work.
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Responding to a query regarding BRT, Shaukat Yousafzai, InformationMinister of KPK, said that the development work for BRT is near completionand the BRT project will be inaugurated on time. Yousafzai termed thecriticism over the increased cost of the BRT as unnecessary and uncalledfor.
However, according to the additional chief secretary of KPK, work on BRT isprogressing at snail’s pace. In the last 6 months, the project made just 1%progress. The project is set to miss yet another deadline due to slowdevelopment work.
Construction on the BRT started in 2017. KPK government promised tocomplete the project within 6 months. The project has missed a total of 8inauguration deadlines, with 23rd March 2019 being the latest. The overallcost of BRT has jumped to Rs. 68 billion from an initial Rs. 49 billion.
