Staff Reporter
National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Capt (Retd) Sikander Qayyum Thursday informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus track from Peshawar Morr to the new Islamabad International Airport would be operational by the end of August.
Responding to a quarry from PAC member Riaz Fatyana, he said the project was initially awarded to the Capital Development Authority which later handed over to the NHA.
He said 97 percent construction work of the project was completed and remaining would be completed by the end of the next month.
Explaining the reasons of delay, the NHA chairman said the project had to completed in the month of February but due to Covid-19 many electronic gadgets which were to import from China could not be shipped on time.
He said two days earlier, all the required electronic gadgets were loaded from China on the container and they were on the way.
The communication secretary clarified to the committee that after finishing the construction work, the project would be handed over to the planning division for further action as the NHA’s role was only to construct the project and not to run it.