Punjab CM inaugurates Electric Bus project phase II in Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has inaugurated Electric Bus Project in Rawalpindi to provide comfortable, respectable and affordable travel facilities to the people.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony in Rawalpindi today, she said forty-five eco-friendly buses have arrived, while more will come soon.

The Chief Minister said there will be around eighty state of the art electric busses to provide transport facilities to the commuters in just twenty rupees. She added that women, senior citizens over sixty, and persons with disabilities can travel free of charge.

She said these busses will ply from Railway Station to Humrahi Bus Terminal, Fawara Chowk to Koral Chowk, Sadar Station to Munawar Colony and Marir Chowk to Motorway.

Highlighting the services being offered in the electric buses, the Chief Minister said that these buses are fully Air Conditioned, equipped with the Wi-Fi facility, and ports for the charging of mobile and gadgets.

 She further said that a wheelchair will also be there for the convenience of persons with disabilities and elder people.

Maryam Nawaz said the buss has a separate CCTV monitored ladies apartment to provide safe and secure environment to women and avoid any incident of harassment. She said around eleven hundred electric buses will be on the roads of Punjab by the end of this year.

 Alluding to the road infrastructure projects, the Chief Minister said a twenty five kilometers long, signal free corridor from Islamabad Expressway to Peshawar Road will be completed by April next year at the cost of thirty billion rupees.

She said it will comprise nine under passes and three flyovers and two hundred thousand commuters will benefit from this project.

Similarly, Nawaz Sharif Flyover is also being established for the people of Rawalpindi.

Maryam Nawaz highlighted that workers of 'Suthra Punjab' are busy in ensuring a cleaner Rawalpindi like elsewhere in the province. She said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is known for its performance to serve the people in the best possible way. She said a cardiology hospital in Murree has been completed, which is now offering health facilities to the people.

The Chief Minister also announced construction of a cancer hospital in Rawalpindi.

Talking about the development projects across Punjab, the Chief Minister said twenty thousand kilometers long road network has been completed in the province in just one year. She further said one thousand small inter-village roads will be built for the convenience of rural life.

Similarly, Thal expressway form Rajana to Bakhar will be also be constructed.

Maryam Nawaz said a state of the art Wahga to Lahore corridor was established by the government.

The Chief Minister said one hundred thousand housing units are being completed under the Apna Ghar Scheme. Similarly, the establishment of country's first ever cancer hospital under the governmental patronage is in the final stages. She said new twenty cardiology centers are being established in different parts of the province.

The Chief Minister said Children Hospital in Rawalpindi is also in the final stage.

Similarly, around twelve hospitals are being set up at the Nawaz Sharif Medical District, where patients suffering from incurable diseases will be treated.

She said ration cards are being distributed to fifteen hundred thousand people and the government is providing free education to eighty thousand bright students of the province.