PESHAWAR, Mar 21:Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan hasapproved five additional feeder routes for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Peshawarkeeping in view the public demand and utility of BRT for daily commuters ofthe city.
He accorded this approval while chairing 13th Board of Directors meeting ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Urban Mobility Authority here on Monday.Provincial ministers Taimur Saleem Jhagra, Shah Muhammad Wazir, SpecialAssistant to KP CM on Information, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, AdditionalChief Secretary Shahab Ali Shah, Principal Secretary to CM Amjad Ali Khan,concerned administrative secretaries, and other board members attended themeeting.The newly approved feeder routes included 7.5 kilometres Hayatabad Phase 1,12 km long Regi Model Town/ Nasir Bagh Road, 7 km long Warsak Road, 4 kmlong Khyber Road, and 15 km Chamkani to Pabbi Road. Moreover, orders havebeen placed for purchasing 86 new environment friendly buses for thesefeeder routes.
The board also decided to reduce the security fee of Zu Bicycle from threethousands to one thousand rupees besides granting in principle approval forreducing Zu bicycle fares with the aim to encourage bicycle service andfacilitate people.The chief minister on the occasion directed the quarters concerned fornecessary steps to make all the feed routes of BRT functional by June thisyear adding that all relevant entities would have to fulfill theirrespective responsibilities well in time for this purpose.
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Talking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the provincialgovernment was going all out to facilitate the citizens adding that withthe passage of time, BRT service would be extended to remaining areas ofPeshawar in order to connect them with the city through BRT service.He said that extension of BRT to more areas was necessary to reduce theenvironmental pollution in the city and the provincial government wouldprovide required financial resources on priority for the purpose.