Administrator and Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Ali Shalwani on Tuesday shared a plan to restore 9-km long iconic tram service to be run between Metropole to II Chundrigar Road.
Taking to Twitter, the Karachi administrator shared a tramline of service starting from Metropole, street library toTower via IIChundrigar Road. Last month, the administrator Karachi said that Turkey had offered to launch tram service in the port city and the administration is working over a plan to relaunch the iconic service in the metropolis.
The administrator had said that the route of the expected tram service would be 9-kilometer long and will run between Metropole and IIChundrigar road.
It is pertinent to mention here that Turkish Consul General Mr. TolgaUcak in September had offered to launch tram service in the port city in a meeting with the Administrator of Karachi.
Turkey’s Consul General TolgaUcak had said that his country was ready to extend cooperation for running a service in Karachi on M.A. Jinnah Road from Mereweather Tower to Numaish roundabout.
Tram services are considered a vital aspect of mass transit across the globe, being fuel-efficient; Istanbul in particular is famous for its tram service.
In a statement, Shallwani said that both governments agreed upon the need to set up a cheaper, faster transport system, and had agreed to introduce a tram service on two of Karachi’s busiest arteries.
