ISLAMABAD – The transport department of Punjab has announced to provide 300battery-powered buses.
According to the details, Punjab’s transport secretary Asad Gilani saidthat the initiative is part of a wider government policy to cut down onemissions and pollution in the country.
Three of Punjab’s cities – Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala – areconstantly ranked in the 30 most polluted cities in the world, according todata by AirVisual.
“There are two models of buses we are looking at, the eight-metre and the12-metre long bus,” said Gilani. “We are more inclined towards obtainingthe eight-metre one though.” He went on to say that the Punjab governmentis likely to procure these from China and Austria.
At the moment, there is no set timeline for when these buses will beginplying the roads, but according to the secretary, the plan is to “introducethem before smog descends on Lahore”.
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According to the details, addressing the inaugural ceremony of Pakistan’sfirst-ever urban forest on today, he said the government is adoptingadequate measures to combat environmental pollution.
