RAWALPINDI
APP
Metro Bus Project Chairman Muhammad Hanif Abbasi Thursday said construction work on the multi-billion mass transit scheme was going on at a fast pace and would be completed by December 31 as per the given schedule.
Abbasi said that three companies were carrying out construction work at their respective sites in accordance with the required speed and at present over 40 percent work has been completed. He said construction work was in full swing and the companies have almost completed the process of erecting pillars on the 8.6-kilometre elevated track from Flashman Chowk Saddar up to Faizabad.
The project, initiated on March 23 this year, being executed at a cost of Rs 43 billion, would be completed in 10 months to provide speedy and decent transport service to the residents of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
To a question, Abbasi said, land has been acquired at Peshawar Morr area for setting up parking lot for Metro Bus fleet.
To another question, he said the land acquiring process to set up 10 bus terminals at points including Flashman, Mareer, Liaquat Bagh, Committee Chowk, Waris Khan, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rehmanabad, Sixth road, Shamsabad and Faizabad was underway. He said the terminals would have escalators, lifts for disabled and senior citizens, generators and public toilets besides security along the track.
