Regional
Sindh Govt plans to launch Karachi-Sukkur bullet train project
Sindh government is trying diligently to modernize transport system in Karachi.
Karachi: The Sindh government has asked the World Bank for financing to import three hundred electric buses for Karachi city on Thursday.
The proposal came in a meeting between Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass-Transit Sharjeel Memon and a delegation of World Bank led by practice manager transport Shomik Mehndiratta in Karachi.
The Sindh government and representatives of the World Bank also agreed to carry out a joint survey of the Bus Rapid Transit Yellow line in Karachi.
The Minister said the provincial government is planning to run bullet train from Karachi to Hyderabad in the first phase and from Hyderabad to Sukkur in the second phase.
‘Sindh government is trying diligently to modernize transport system in Karachi,’ he said.
He also requested World Bank (WB) to bring 300 electric buses under People Bus Service project for Karachi