‘Modern intercity bus terminals in Punjab’

LAHORE

Punjab government is going to build state-of-the-art Multimodal Intercity Bus Terminals in Lahore under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

Punjab Minister for Excise and Taxation Mujataba Shuja-ur-Rehman said that under the vision of Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab government intended to provide best facilities at modern bus terminals and ease the traffic congestion in the City.

He was addressing the Consultative Workshop for Multimodal Intercity Bus Terminals at Planning and Development Complex, Lahore.

The workshop was organised to discuss the project details of Multimodal Intercity Bus Service project under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode with foreign delegates, local investors, government officials and higher authorities.

Transport Department and Metropolitan Corporation will establish three Multimodal Intercity Bus Terminals in Lahore at Shahdara, Thokar Niaz Baig and Gajju Matta on Ferozpur Road.

The project will be completed in two phases at a cost of Rs 8.11 billion on BOT basis. Under the project, 170,000 passengers who daily travel to Lahore from other cities would enjoy modern facilities at the terminals.

Provincial Minister for Planning and Development Malik Nadeem Kamran said that government was ready to support all new initiatives in the development sector through PPP mode.