KARACHI: Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that 60 buses of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation will be shifted to diesel under public-private partnership to provide travel facilities to the citizens.
These buses were available with us, it was only a matter of intentions, due to CNG crisis, one of the buses has been shifted on diesel as a test case in Lahore and now after the change of fuel system and the bus has been brought to Karachi, covering a distance of 1200 kilometers, bus fares and routes have not been decided yet, details will be informed about soon, a public-private partnership mechanism should be made to bring these buses on the roads. He told this to media persons on Monday.
Wahab said that the Sindh government is already in the process of improving the transport facilities for the citizens of Karachi. Red and Pink buses have arrived in the city, now the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has decided to make the available buses functional while fulfilling its responsibilities in this regard. these buses will also be seen plying on the roads of Karachi soon.
He said that a strategy has been made to provide whatever resources are available to the citizens and it is being fully implemented because all these assets are owned by citizens, opening closed and defunct institutions as well as making the vehicles, machinery and equipment available to public will bring good results in future and citizens will be able to get better and quality facilities.