Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Minister for Labour and Culture Shaukat Yousafzai on Monday said that the KP government will inaugurate the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in 2021.
The KP minister while speaking to a local media outlet said that construction work on the BRT project is currently underway and will be completed in 2021.
Shaukat Yousafzai further said that KP Chief Minister Mehmood Khan has given approval for a feasibility report of the cable car project in Kumrat valley. He said the project will help boost tourism in the region.
Earlier in May, the Supreme Court (SC) had extended the duration of its stay order given against a Peshawar High Court (PHC) directive to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to thoroughly investigate the Peshawar BRT project.
The PHC in November last year had directed the FIA to conduct an inquiry into different aspects of the bus project. However, the KP government and Peshawar Development Authority (PDA) moved the apex court against the verdict. Subsequently in February this year, the top court stayed the probe.
During a hearing in May, the top court chided defense over the continuous delay in the completion of the project and observed that it is an example of taking “one step forward and two backward”.
The petitioner claimed that parts of the project continue to be demolished after construction is completed.
Upon asking, defense had apprised the court that the completion date of the project was July 31, however, the construction work came to a halt due to the unprecedented outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
