KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the provincial government was interested in procuring electric buses for the Green Line project.
The chief minister said this while presiding over the second Provincial Coordination and Implementation Committee (PCIC) meeting on Friday.
The meeting discussed ongoing development projects in the metropolis, besides mulling ways to purchase electric buses for the Green Line project.
It was decided that the buses will be operated by a private company.
The meeting set a timeline for the completion of development projects, including the repair of 106 existing roads by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation.
It also decided to launch a waste to electricity project for which necessary measures would be taken at the earliest.
Matters pertaining to lifting of garbage came under discussion during the meeting wherein it was highlighted that out of 15 Garbage Transfer Stations (GTS), only six were operational, therefore revival or reconstruction of six other GTS was agreed upon.
Meanwhile, the meeting was informed that the survey of five nullas has been completed. Gujjar Nalla has a length of 1.3km with 210 feet width, 5,961 households, 41,581 individuals and 2,412 commercial units established along its embankments. Orangi Nulla has 12.5km length, 100 to 150 feet width, 4,480 households, 27,000 individual settlements and 380 factories established along its embankments.
Similarly, Mahmoodabad Nulla has a 4.1km length, 100-200 feet width, 1,049 households, 5,900 individual settlements and 156 commercial settlements along its embankments.
The CM said that an ideal cross-section would be proposed for each drain based on terrain and flow models for current and future improvements, adding that best management plans for drainage network should be prepared to mitigate the risk of urban flooding.
The meeting was attended by provincial ministers Nasir Shah and Awais Qadir Shah, Karachi Corps Commander Humayun Aziz, Chief Secretary Mumtaz Shah and Karachi GOC Major General Aqeel.
It should not purchase buses instead should keep in bilawal pocket
Sind govt should stop showing green pastures to the citizens of karachi.
Only publish when the projects are ready to inaugurate 30 days prior to completion.
People of karachi are sick of your sluggish and deviant politics.