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All set to launch CNG bus
service in twin-cities
Islamabad—The Capital Development Authority is all set to launch a
modern transport service for the twin cities of Islamabad and
Rawalpindi under which about 300 CNG buses would be plied in one go
in the initial phase, official sources at the Authority said
Tuesday.
The official said it would be a joint venture between the Authority
and Midway Consortium comprising three transport giants of Pakistan.
The project has been sent to the Board of Investment that would
review the feasibility as well as terms and conditions going to be
defined between the civic body and the private companies. He said
once the Authority gets nod from the BoI, it would launch the
project without any delay.
“There is no hitch on our end. We are ready to launch the
multi-million project but after the positive report of the Board. It
would be launched during the current year,” he hoped.
After receiving green signal from the BoI, the Board of Directors
would define the terms and conditions of the contract between the
stakeholder those are going to execute the first ever joint venture
project in the federal capital.
The consortium has been selected from a dozen of interested parties.
Replying to a question, he said the Daewoo didn’t show interest in
the project as it has no policy to share the terminal with other
companies.
The project is a small component of the Authority’s Mass Transit
System that is yet in the designing phase. The mass transit system
would comprise buses, mono-trains and tubes and would be a durable
solution for the transport-related problems of the twin cities.
When asked he said the Authority has not yet constructed any bus
terminal for the new service, however, he said it would be
constructed shortly.
The Authority would build a first ever multi-storey transport
terminal in sector I-11 where it would provide all the facilities
including, bank, inn, food outlets, hotels, mosques, proper parking
place, workshops and services stations.
Soon after the launch of the project, the company would ply the
buses on all main routes of the twin cities including Rawalpindi,
Sadar, Pak Secretariat, Peshawar Mor, Karachi Company, Faisal Mosque
and Pirwadhai.
The official said the new transport service would be a modern one.
Proper bus stops and ticket booth would be constructed throughout
the twin cities.
The addition in the number of buses would be proportional to the
demand as the twin cities are witnessing a dramatic increase in the
population.—APP
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