Modifications in metro stations; design approved

RAWALPINDI:

After recent rains inundated several stations and ceilings leaked, the Punjab government has accorded approval to make some modifications in the design of canopy shades of metro bus stations.

According to a senior official, under the new plan, the exterior of the canopy shades will be enlarged and extended to ward off the rainwater from dripping in during rains.

As part of the plan, fences will also be erected on both sides of metro bus route from IJP Road to the Secretariat bus station, said the official who had attended a special meeting held under the chair of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif regarding the re-designing of the bus stations.

Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Project Director and Commissioner Rawalpindi Zahid Saeed, PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi managing director NESPAK and other officials attended the meeting.

The meeting was told that though the seepage from roofs and ceiling of metro bus stations has been overcome, modifications in its design was necessary to prevent the rainwater from entering the stations in the future.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 10^th, 2015.