The decades-old public transport problem of Karachi inching towards some sort of mitigation as Sindh Minister for Transportation Awais Shah has revealed that the first batch of prototype buses for the provincial government’s Peoples’ Bus Service project is ready to arrive in the metropolis.250 hybrid busses being manufactured by a Chinese company for the People’s Bus Service project for Karachi and other districts of Sindh province.
According to a post shared on Twitter by the company, the prototype buses are ready and successfully tested.
The buses will arrive in Karachi by next month. “Higer is proud to announce that prototype bus for Sindh Government project is ready and successfully tested. The first batch of the buses will be dispatched after China’s Spring festival.’
In another post, the Sindh Mass Transit Authority said that buses for Karachi and Larkana are ready and successfully tested.“
The wait is over. The buses for karachi and Larkana are ready & successfully tested. We promise to deliver a first class transport system for the people of Sindh.”Earlier, Murtaza Wahab had said that the bus project will become functional very soon and bring ease to the people of Karachi.
Sindh Transport Minister Syed Awais Qadir Shah had said that the fresh supply of public transport vehicles would come from the national defence organisation — National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC) — which would make first shipment of 50 buses by the end of January 2022.
