Karachi’s old roads get new buses with AC, wifi

Peoples Bus Service fare from Model Colony to Tower will be between Rs25 to Rs50

Anusha Jafri

Kamran Sheikh

Updated 27 Jun, 2022

Pakistan

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh cabinet members pray after the former unveiled the plaque during a ceremony in Karachi. Photo via Twitter/Sindh Mass Transit Authority

Workers mark Intra-District Peoples Bus Service’s stop lane on both tracks of the Shahrah-e-Faisal road. APP

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KARACHI: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari inaugurated the intra-city bus service ‘Peoples Bus Service’ in Karachi on Monday. The fare cost has been kept from Rs25 to Rs50.

FM Bilawal travelled on the bus and reviewed the facilities.

“The Peoples Bus Service will commence its operations on Route 1 from Model Colony to Tower covering 29.5 kilometres and having 38 stations. Seven routes were finalised in Karachi on which 240 buses will operate,” said the press release.

Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, who also holds a portfolio of transport, said more buses will be inducted on Route 1 after 10 days.

Talking to media, Memon said the old buses would be replaced with the new ones on those routes where people’s bus service was being introduced.

The ceremony was scheduled to start at 12 noon, however, it got delayed.

Workers marked bus service’s stop lane on both tracks of the Shahrah-e-Faisal road.

This will be the second mass transit project in the city after the Green Line Bus Service, which was inaugurated on December 10, 2021, by former prime minister Imran Khan. The inauguration of the Peoples Intra District Bus Service comes almost a month before the second phase of local government in Sindh that is scheduled to be held on July 24.

Salient features

Minimum fare is Rs25 and the maximum fare is Rs50
Reserved seats for women and differently-abled persons
Diesel-hybrid buses
240 air-conditioned buses procured
Seven routes

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Memon would attend the inauguration ceremony.

The project would create more than 3,000 jobs for the people and would generate revenue in terms of service tax, according to the Sindh Mass Transit Authority. Depots and bus stops will be developed.

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