Punjab government is implementing a revolutionary programme to provide safe, comfortable and economical travelling facilities to the masses, said Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif while presiding over a meeting of the Punjab Metro Bus Authority on Thursday which approved its budget for the year 2014-15. The meeting also gave approval to the purchase of 68 buses for Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project besides necessary measures with regard to orange line metro train project.
Lahore Transport Company Chairman Khawaja Ahmed Hassaan, assembly members Waheed Alam Khan, Malik Ibrar Ahmed, Kh. Imran Nazir, Ramzan Siddique Bhatti, Hanif Abbasi, Hafiz Mian Nauman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Planning and Development chairman and officers concerned were present in the meeting.
Shahbaz said that effective measures have been taken for the improvement of the transport system. He said that about one hundredand seventy five thousand people are benefitting daily from the splendid project of Lahore metro bus which has also given a new identity to the provincial metropolis.
He said that orange line metro train project is also being launched which will not only provide modern travelling facilities to the citizens but the transport culture will also be revolutionised. He said that feasibility study of purple line metro train and blue line metro train will also be conducted.
Shahbaz said that Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project will be completed during the current year which will result in provision of speedy transport facilities to the people of the twin cities. He said that foundation stone of metro bus project in Multan will be laid on August 14. He said that the measures taken by the government for the improvement of transport system has yielded positive results. Punjab Metro Bus Authority managing director gave a detailed briefing to the meeting.