After an increased demand from citizens, it has been decided by the Sindh transport department to add routes of the People's Intra-District Bus Service. The People's Bus Service will also start its services on Clifton, Defence and Gulshan-e-Hadeed routes very soon.
This decision has been taken in a meeting chaired by Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon on Monday. The meeting also agreed to further increase the routes of People's Bus Service in Larkana city.
There will be four routes of People's Bus Service in Larkana and the deputy commissioner has been given the task of planning and submitting the proposal of new routes. It was also decided that the service will start it's operations in Larkana from July 16 with fleet of 16 buses.
On this occasion, Provincial Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon directed the National Radio Transmission Company (NRTC) to finalise the additional routes of Karachi city in consultation with the independent experts within two days.
He said officials of the Sindh Mass Transit Authority should also be deployed at the Command and Control Center of People's Bus Service. He said that RTS system should be installed in People's Bus Service by August 25, as it will equip the buses with the facility of real-time tracking, Wi-Fi and CCTV cameras.
Memon vowed that citizens of Karachi will get a new surprise related to new bus service.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 5th, 2022.
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