The first batch of 40 Green Line BRT buses from China reached Karachi Port on Sunday that led to a campaign on social media, comparing the transportation system in the megacity provided by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
Speaking at the ceremony, Federal Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar said the proper commercial operation of the Green Line bus service would begin in Karachi by end of November.
He added that the next batch of 40 buses for the BRT project would reach Karachi by October end.
مبارک ہو کراچی. اس شہر کے پہلے جدید ٹرانسپورٹ نظام گرین لائن کے لئے 40 بسوں کی پہلی کھیپ کراچی پورٹ پہنچ گئی. انشاءاللہ 40 مزید بسیں اکتوبر کے آخر تک پہنچ جائیں گی. گرین لائن کا ٹیسٹ رن اکتوبر کے آخر تک اور کمرشل آپریشن نومبر کے آخر تک متوقع. pic.twitter.com/kQlccfvHu6
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) September 19, 2021
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In terms of population, Karachi is the biggest city of the country in which millions of people commute through public transport and face several challenges every day due to the poor condition of the buses owned by private people.
Criticizing Sindh government and crediting the federal government, the opposition leader of Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh got on a local bus of Karachi to show the abysmal state of public transport in the megacity.
Haleem said that in its 13 years of tenure, the PPP-led Sindh government had only penned down colorful plans for Karachi residents.
He compared the newly-landed buses with the traditional ones and boasted how the PTI has fulfilled the promise of uplifting the transportation system of the metropolitan city.
