Peshawar BRT Construction Under Way
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has instructed to continue development work on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
According to details, a letter has been issued to transport secretary and other concerned authorities directing to take precautionary measures against the coronavirus outbreak. It is not in public interest to halt work on the project, the government said.
Meanwhile, according to another report, the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit project won’t become functional anytime soon as the authorities are rebuilding one of its roads. The road near the Firdous feeder route has been demolished and is being rebuilt. The authorities said that they are doing so because the surface of the road was too slippery for the buses so they are making a concrete surface now.
People are worried about the project. “This is just going to make things very difficult for us now,” said a man who lives near the route. “They are just wasting our resources and time,” he added. Construction work on the Peshawar metro bus project began in October 2017. A few months later, the KP government announced it would be completed in six months, followed by another announcement of its completion in one year.