KARACHI: Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Major (r) Azam Suleman Khan on Thursday asked Sindh Mass Transit Authority (SMTA) to ensure the earliest completion of Green Line Project (GLP) so that other projects of BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) could also be materialised to facilitate the citizens in their day to day travelling sufficiently.
He gave these directions while presiding over a review meeting of SMTA, with the particular reference of GLP, at Sindh Secretariat. Expressing displeasure over the steady implementation of the project, the CS advised adopting necessary steps for completion of the project.
Transport Secretary Saeed Aawan and Karachi Commissioner Sualeh Ahmed Farooqui apprised the meeting that the Phase-1 of GLP has been completed which is 24 km long and consist of 35 stations which would facilitate over 0.4 million passengers daily conveniently. The average distance amongst the stations would be 800 metres.