Capital Development, MCI Fails To Start Feeder Buses In Capital City
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published December 13, 2018 | 12:27 AM
After passing three years, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Metropolitan Corporation of Islamabad (MCI), have failed to start the project of 22 feeder buses in capital city aims to facilitate the general public by connecting different routes of Metro Bus stations.
According to detail available to this scribe, three years back the civic body had proposed a plan to start the feeder buses in Islamabad and in this regard, CDA had also estimated Rs 200 to 250 million per anum for operation and maintenance of the feeder buses.
The process for running these buses have to be completed within four months to augment the overall traffic facilities in the Capital City.
It was mention in the proposal that these buses will cover major routes and areas of the Capital City to facilitate the residents on the designated routes, a bus will operate after 30 minutes.
The Authority had planned four routes for this purpose. First route will commence from Bhara Khu upto Marghzar Zoo covering Dhokri, Aabpara, Federal Government Services Hospital (Policlinic) and F-6 Sector. The second route was from Rawat to Faisal Mosque. Third was from Tarnol upto Fatima Jinnah (F-9) Park / Ibn-e-Seena road metro station and would cover Sector G-13 and in between areas of G and F Series Sectors including Markaz G-9 (Karachi Company). The Fourth route had to operate upto I.J Principal road metro station commencing from Railway Carriage Factory.
When contacted to Deputy Mayor Islamabad, Syed Zeeshan Naqvi, he said that due to non availability of funds the projectof feeder buses could not be started.
He said that Mayor Islamabad Sheikh Anser Aziz has requested the federal government for releasing of funds, so the project could be commenced in the capital city to cater the traffic issues.
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