Memon calls for speedy completion of BRT Red Line Project
Sindh Minister for Information and Transport Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Wednesday, directed the Karachi administration to remove all encroachments from the BRT Red Line project corridor within seven days while K-Electric was instructed to fast-track transfer of utility installations from the route.
The minister, while chairing a meeting regarding the BRT Red Line project with officials of utility companies, including K Electric, expressed discontentment over the delay in the transfer of utilities by the power distribution company and said that BRT Red Line is an essential public interest project and any delay in the project could not be tolerated. Secretary Transport Abdul Haleem Sheikh, Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon, CEO Trans Karachi Wasif Ijlal, K Electric's Munir Ahmed Sheikh, representatives of PTCL, Sui Southern Gas Company and others also attended the meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 24th, 2022.