LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif said Tuesday that Orange Line Metro Train is an efficient transportation option for the masses and Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has displayed open enmity with the people of the provincial metropolis by stopping the project from completion.
He expressed these views while talking to reporters after a meeting with the officials concerned at the Orange Line Metro Train site office near the University of Engineering and Technology (UET).
PTI attacked the Orange Line Metro Train Project like a domestic enemy and due to this political party, the project had already seen a delay of 22 months, the chief minister said. The Orange Line Metro Train was scheduled to start its service on December 25 and 300,000 people were scheduled to travel on this train from Dera Gujran to Ali Pur daily, but the PTI had managed to get a stay on the project from the court.
The chief minister also said that he had been personally supervising the progress on this project and every effort would be made for its early completion. Round-the-clock work was being carried out on this project so as to complete it as soon as possible, he added.
He further said that Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant Institute project would be inaugurated soon and this would be the most modern project in all of South Asia. Replying to a question, he said that justice should be equal for all and sundry.
Earlier, a high-level meeting was held at the site office of Orange Line Metro Train near the UET to review progress of the project. The chief minister was given a briefing about the progress on civil, electrical and mechanical works.
Addressing the meeting, CM Shehbaz said that Orange Line Metro Train Project was a gift of China to the people of Pakistan. This project was an important achievement towards bridging the divide between the poor and the rich, who would travel side by side in the train.