CM says Rapid Bus Transit project to solve all traffic problems

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has said that Rapid Bus Transit is a compact plan, which will provide a solution to all traffic congestion in the provincial capital.

Presiding over a meeting at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Tuesday, he said the work should be launched on the project, which should be completed in time. Member National Assembly Hamidul Haq, MPAs Arif Yousaf, Arbab Jehandad, Shaukat Yousafzai, District Nazim Muhammad Asim Khan, chief secretary and other secretaries and officials attended the meeting, said a handout.

The chief minister directed to plan the vehicular traffic diversion on the already identified routes, enhancing the capacity of these routes, shifting of all bus stands to the main terminal at Chamkani and widening of roads under the Peshawar Rapid Bus Transit.

Pervez Khattak directed to complete all procedures of the project, acquire land, where necessary, plan plaza and shopping centers and parking for cars and buses. He said the project would provide one solution to all the traffic problems and it would add to the beauty of Peshawar.

The project would cost Rs32 billion and the government would not give any subsidy and it would be a sustainable project, he added.The chief minister directed that all bus stands should be shifted to the main Chamkani terminal. He said the government had already worked out a circular railway project integrating five districts, including Peshawar, Nowshera, Swabi, Mardan, Charsadda.