“We are planning to start a monorail in Lahore. This will be another splendid project after the Metro Bus Service,” Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced on Monday.
Reiterating that the government was focusing on provision of modern and affordable transport facilities to the masses, the chief minister said that substantial resources were being allocated for this purpose. Sharif was presiding over a meeting of senior officers. He reviewed the feasibility for the monorail project. Lahore Transport Company Chairman Khwaja Ahmed Hassaan, Metro Bus Authority Managing Director Sibtain Fazal Haleem, the Planning and Development chairman, the National Engineering Services Pakistan managing director and the Lahore Development Authority director general were also present. Sharif said the project would provide speedy and comfortable transport facilities to thousands of citizens. He said the proposed project would be completed quickly, while ensuring quality and transparency.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 11th, 2014.
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