Sindh cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 521 million for fuel indexation of Intra-district Bus Service and Rs.5.027 million grant JS Academy for the Deaf and decided to launch Kissan Card to support peasants. Chairman Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has given clear instructions for the issuance of Kissan cards and preparing a plan to carry out development initiatives in every district.
I want to constitute a committee to implement the Election Manifesto of the party so that all the 10 points as announced by the chairman can be implemented in true letter and spirit, he said. The cabinet meeting was held at CM House and was chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. All provincial ministers including Sharjeel Memon, Dr Azra Pechuho, Nasir Shah, Sardar Shah, Zulfiqar Shah, Jam Khan Shoro, Ali Hassan Zardari, Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, advisors Babl Khan Bhayo, Ahsan mazari, Najmi Alam – Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah, Principal Secretary CM Agha Wasif, Chairman P&D Shakil Manejo, Secretary Finance Fayaz Jatoi and other concerned officers.
Senior Minister for Information Sharjeel Memon briefing the cabinet said that the project to supply, operate and maintenance for the Sindh Intra-District People’s Bus Service was awarded to National Radio Transit Authority (NRDC) in October 2021 for a term of 12 years up to Oct 2033. The NRTC supplied 250 buses of them 230 are operational and an additional 40 buses have also been added to the fleet, apart from bringing the remaining 30 buses of the initial lot of 250.
Sharjeel told the cabinet that the project was a G2G initiative between the Sindh government and NRTC. He added that it was the first ever Intra City Public Transport Project operating in Mixed Traffic, particularly in Karachi and other cities of the province such as Larkana, Hyderabad and Sukkur. He added that the Transport department was responsible for the provision of Depots, Routes, Land spaces for Bus Stations free of all encumbrances, provision of utilities at depots and Bus Stations, and payment of busses including taxes and duties.
The NRTC was responsible for the procurement, operation, and maintenance of buses and the construction and upgradation of depots and bus stations. He said that the NRTC has requested the SMTA for the release of payment of fuel indexations from January to June 24. As per practice, the Independent Expert(s) third-party consultants were assigned to determine, analyze and forecast the Fuel Indexation. The Independent Expert(s) submitted
