KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that his government has worked out plans to construct a southern bypass and Red Line Rapid Bus Transport (RBT) project in Karachi and Hyderabad.
He said this while holding a meeting with an eight-member delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB), led by its Country Director Ms Xiaohong Yang, said a statement issued here on Thursday.
The chief minister was assisted by provincial ministers, Jam Mehtab Dahar, Syed Nasir Shah, Imdad Pitafi, P&D Chairman Mohammad Waseem, Principal Secretary to CM Sohail Rajput, Education Secretary Aziz Uqaili, Finance Secretary Hassan Naqvi, Works Secretary Aijaz Memon, Transport Secretary Raheem Soomro and others.
Murad said that ADB was one of the most important partners of Sindh government in terms of infrastructure development, transport, education and health.
P&D Chairman Mohammad Waseem while briefing the meeting, said that the Red Line RBT project had been planned for launch from Model Colony to Numaish via University Road. This was one of the important corridors for which the government had completed all the formalities such as development of mass transit authority and induction of necessary staff; more recruitment is also in the pipe line. Transport Minister Nasir Shah said that the Sindh government was developing the Orange Line RBT and the federal government was constructing the Green Line.
The CM said that with the assistance of Rs15,559 million from ADB, 328 kilometer long roads were being constructed. Thul to Kandhkot Road, Sheranpur to Ratodero Road and Digri to Naukot Road would be completed shortly while work on roads like Khyber to Snaghar via Tando Adam, Sanghar to Mirpurkhas Via Sindhri and Tando Mohammad Khan to Badin were in progress.
P&D chairman proposed to construct a bypass at Hyderabad to tackle the traffic coming from Mirpurkhas, Tando Allahyar and Badin for national highway towards Sukkur.
The chief minister thanked the ADB for its support for Flood Emergency Reconstruction Project under which infrastructure was developed for damaged property.
