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KUTC comes to existence after its registration with SEC
Karachi—The Karachi Urban Transport Corporation (KUTC) has
finally come to existence after its registration with the Security
Exchange Commission.
The Corporation is being headed by Mrs Nasrin Haq, a senior railway
officer and an expert in railway operation.
The Corporation will be responsible for the implementation of long
awaited project of revival of Karachi Circular Railway as a part of
Karachi’s Mass Transit program.
The 9-member Board of Directors will include four officials from
Pakistan Railway viz General Manager Operation, AGM Infrastructure,
DS Railway Karachi and Managing Director KUTC, two members from
Government of Sindh viz Chief Secretary and Secretary Transport, two
members from City District Government viz Nazim Karachi and Director
General Mass Transit.
The Board will have one member from the private sector whose
induction will be decided in the first meeting of the Board of
Directors which is expected to be held within two weeks.
The Managing Director KUTC, Mrs Nasrin Haq told APP in an interview
that in view of tremendous population growth in Karachi from 3 lac
to 16 million at present, growth in import and export activities,
growth in traffic at 7.2 percent per anum, disproportionate growth
of vehicular traffic at 17 percent per annum whihc is causing
congestion and accidents, the only solution lay in the rail-based
Mass Transit System.
She pointed out that innumerable feasibility studies for Masst
Transit was carried out in the past but with no concrete
implementation as yet. The present government, she said, has placed
the revival of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) as a priority project
to relieve the relieve the transport problems of citizens of
Karachi.
MD KUTC said the initial proposal is to revive KCR as it has a
cutting edge over other mass transit systems due to, what he
described, availability of right of way, availability of
infrastructure, no relocation of utility services, minor traffic
diversions, main arterial roads intersecting KCR, besides location
of stations being at 5-10 minute walking time from work places and
house-hold units.—APP
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