Work on Red Line to start in July, says CS
Karachi
April 1, 2021
The Sindh government announced on Wednesday that it will commence work on the proposed Red Line section of the bus rapid transit service (BRTS) in Karachi in July this year.
The decision to this effect was reached at a meeting held at the Sindh Secretariat chaired by Sindh Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah. The chief secretary also announced on the occasion that the 250 buses that would operate on the Red Line section of the BRTS would consume bio-gas as fuel to keep their operations environment friendly.
The meeting was told that a bio-gas plant would be established at the Cattle Colony in the Landhi area of the city and the plant would consume 3,000 tonnes of manure every day to generate fuel for the Red Line buses. The plant would provide 11 tonnes of compressed bio-gas daily for the bus operations and the capacity of the plant would be further increased if there was more fuel demand.
Road closures, restrictions on public transport trouble citizens as cricket tournament commences
KARACHI:
Karachi has braced itself for the worst that comes with cricket to the city - the gridlocks.
The metropolis will host the first Pakistan Super League (PSL) VI match today (Saturday) and while the National Stadium, the venue for the match - is expected to brim with excitement and exuberance, the rest of the city is likely to present a traffic nightmare, with no way out for troubled commuters stuck in a logjam.
Road closures
According to a traffic plan issued ahead of the tournament, only small vehicles are allowed on the roads in the vicinity of the National Stadium until the last PSL match in the city on March 7.