Two new Pink Bus routes open today
SAFE RIDE: The women-only Pink Bus fleet is parked at Frere Hall during the inauguration ceremony while women enjoy a free ride on the first day of the service. PHOTO: AGENCIES/EXPRESS
Sindh Minister of Information and Transport Sharjeel Inam Memon on Tuesday announced starting of two new routes of Pink Peoples Bus Service in Karachi and the increasing number of busses on the Model Colony-Tower Route fleet from March 1 (today).
Presiding a meeting on the bus service, Memon said the new Route No10 of pink bus will start from Numaish Chowrangi and proceed through MA Jinnah Road to Zaibunnisa Street, Metropole, Teen Talwar, Do Talwar, Abdullah Shah Ghazi, Dolmen Mall and McDonald to Clock Tower Sea View, he informed.one of the new routes
The other route will start from Powerhouse Chowrangi North Karachi and culminate at Indus Hospital Korangi plying via Nagan Chowrangi, Shafiq Mor, Gulshan Chowrangi, Johar Mor, COD, Drigh Road, Shara-e-Faisal, Shah Faisal Colony and Singer Chowrangi Korangi No 5.
The minister directed the Sindh Mass Transit Authority and NRTC to complete the survey for more new routes of the Pink Bus Service in Karachi while the extension of the service up to Hawkes Bay Road should also be reviewed.
He stressed on starting more new routes of People's Electric Bus Service at the earliest. Secretary Transport Abdul Halim Sheikh, MD Sindh Mass Transit Authority Zubair Channa, PD NRTC Sohaib Shafiq, Operations Manager Abdul Shakoor and others participated in the meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 1st, 2023.