Karachi Metro Bus

[SaadH]

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If they are thanking Mian Sanp, then they must all be those same bhatta khors and target killers who made Karachi a living head.

 

[Bilal.]

If mian saanp really wanted to build it, he would have done it within his term like he did with Lahore red line.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

If mian saanp really wanted to build it, he would have done it within his term like he did with Lahore red line.

There were litigation issues in Green Line Karachi and Orange Line Lahore

 

[Bilal.]

There were litigation issues in Green Line Karachi and Orange Line Lahore

What were the litigation issues on the green line?

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

What were the litigation issues on the green line?

KIDCL restrained from issuing work orders for Green Line BRT | The Express Tribune

SHC orders implementation of job quota for persons with disabilities

tribune.com.pk

Sindh Government objected on design at several places and declined to issue NOC for construction till redesigning.

For instance, the Sindh government sought changes in the original design passing through the Numaish Chowrangi area because, as it argued, it wanted to build other BRT tracks in the same place. It, therefore, demanded that a two-lane underpass there be widened to three lanes.

The redesign has jacked up the project’s cost exponentially, says Channa. “The original cost of the underpass was estimated at 800 million rupees but the redesigned plan – which also envisages an integrated bus terminal for Green, Red, Yellow and Blue lines, a turnaround facility and parking for 25 buses – has increased its cost to 2.5 billion rupees,” he says.

The Sindh government has also raised objections to the elevated portion from Bundu Khan restaurant onwards to the end. It says an elevated track will be difficult to expand for future BRT lines and argues that the track be constructed at ground level.

https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153993

At some place construction designs were approved by the Sindh Government but objections were raised by civil society

Civil society unhappy with Green Line extension​

CM told that elevated portion on MA Jinnah Road will obstruct view of mausoleum

tribune.com.pk/story/1465691/civil-society-unhappy-green-line-extension/

 

[Bilal.]

KIDCL restrained from issuing work orders for Green Line BRT | The Express Tribune

SHC orders implementation of job quota for persons with disabilities

tribune.com.pk

Sindh Government objected on design at several places and declined to issue NOC for construction till redesigning.

For instance, the Sindh government sought changes in the original design passing through the Numaish Chowrangi area because, as it argued, it wanted to build other BRT tracks in the same place. It, therefore, demanded that a two-lane underpass there be widened to three lanes.

The redesign has jacked up the project’s cost exponentially, says Channa. “The original cost of the underpass was estimated at 800 million rupees but the redesigned plan – which also envisages an integrated bus terminal for Green, Red, Yellow and Blue lines, a turnaround facility and parking for 25 buses – has increased its cost to 2.5 billion rupees,” he says.

The Sindh government has also raised objections to the elevated portion from Bundu Khan restaurant onwards to the end. It says an elevated track will be difficult to expand for future BRT lines and argues that the track be constructed at ground level.

https://herald.dawn.com/news/1153993

At some place construction designs were approved by the Sindh Government but objections were raised by civil society

Civil society unhappy with Green Line extension​

CM told that elevated portion on MA Jinnah Road will obstruct view of mausoleum

tribune.com.pk/story/1465691/civil-society-unhappy-green-line-extension/

The news above is from end of May 2018 probably last months of PML. Even prior to that without the above much of the work was still pending.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

The news above is from end of May 2018 probably last months of PML. Even prior to that without the above much of the work was still pending.

I have shared some news from 2017 too.
According to KIDCL 95% main civil work was completed till June 2018.

 

[Bilal.]

I have shared some news from 2017 too.
According to KIDCL 95% main civil work was completed till June 2018.

The 2017 news is just about objections of civil society. And in 2018 the Numaish underground bypass and station were not even dug and none of the stations were ready and the track upwards of Sakhi Hasan was not ready. Only for Karachi projects it’s called 95% complete.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

The 2017 news is just about objections of civil society. And in 2018 the Numaish underground bypass and station were not even dug and none of the stations were ready and the track upwards of Sakhi Hasan was not ready. Only for Karachi projects it’s called 95% complete.

A report prepared by the KIDCL in December 2017 shows that considerable progress has been made on many parts of the project. A 3.45-kilometre elevated section between Guru Mandir and Nazimabad, costing 1.8 billion rupees, is 95 per cent complete; an eight-kilometre mostly ground level section between Nazimabad and Nagan Chowrangi, costing 1.08 billion rupees and including one flyover each at the Sakhi Hassan, Five-Star and KDA intersections, is also 95 per cent complete; an elevated section between Nagan Chowrangi and Two-Minute Chowrangi, costing 1.98 billion rupees, is 75 per cent complete; and another elevated section between Two-Minute Chowrangi and Surjani Town, costing 1.95 billion rupees, is 60 per cent complete. The construction of an intersection at Board Office, along with its landscaping, is 99 per cent complete. Its total cost is estimated to be 785 million rupees.

Other components of the project – 22 bus stations, escalators and elevators, a bus depot at Surjani Town – that together cost 4.5 billion rupees, are all at various stages of completion. An additional amount of 1.01 billion rupees is being spent on shifting electricity, gas, phone, water and sewerage lines from the Green Line track.

The project was supposed to be completed in 2 years but due to its redesigning and inclusion of 3.5kms phase two extension from Guru Mandir to Municipal Park near Sabri Nihari delayed its completion.

 

[Bilal.]

A report prepared by the KIDCL in December 2017 shows that considerable progress has been made on many parts of the project. A 3.45-kilometre elevated section between Guru Mandir and Nazimabad, costing 1.8 billion rupees, is 95 per cent complete; an eight-kilometre mostly ground level section between Nazimabad and Nagan Chowrangi, costing 1.08 billion rupees and including one flyover each at the Sakhi Hassan, Five-Star and KDA intersections, is also 95 per cent complete; an elevated section between Nagan Chowrangi and Two-Minute Chowrangi, costing 1.98 billion rupees, is 75 per cent complete; and another elevated section between Two-Minute Chowrangi and Surjani Town, costing 1.95 billion rupees, is 60 per cent complete. The construction of an intersection at Board Office, along with its landscaping, is 99 per cent complete. Its total cost is estimated to be 785 million rupees.

Other components of the project – 22 bus stations, escalators and elevators, a bus depot at Surjani Town – that together cost 4.5 billion rupees, are all at various stages of completion. An additional amount of 1.01 billion rupees is being spent on shifting electricity, gas, phone, water and sewerage lines from the Green Line track.

The project was supposed to be completed in 2 years but due to its redesigning and inclusion of 3.5kms phase two extension from Guru Mandir to Municipal Park near Sabri Nihari delayed its completion.

As you can see in your own report above the 95% figure is for 2 sections not the entire project. Also the stations in 2018 were nothing more than empty steel structures mostly.

Additionally, the 3.5Km Guru Mandir to Municipal park additional section that they are giving as excuse for the delay was not even being worked upon and the work on it has started only last year or so and is considered phase 2 which is expected to be completed by this year end or next year start.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

As you can see in your own report above the 95% figure is for 2 sections not the entire project. Also the stations in 2018 were nothing more than empty steel structures mostly.

Additionally, the 3.5Km Guru Mandir to Municipal park additional section that they are giving as excuse for the delay was not even being worked upon and the work on it has started only last year or so and is considered phase 2 which is expected to be completed by this year end or next year start.

The report was of December 2017, not of June 2018.

 

[Bilal.]

The report was of December 2017, not of June 2018.

Yes which is less than 5 month remaining of the PML tenure and the work percentage had pretty much remained the same when it left the office.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

Yes which is less than 5 month remaining of the PML tenure and the work percentage had pretty much remained the same when it left the office.

If 90% would have completed in less than two years so 5% work in next 5 month would not be great deal. The important thing is that PTI government took another 4 years to complete remaining 5% job.

It took PTI’s govt three long years to get 40 buses for Green Line

Karachi was perhaps the first city of Pakistan to have conceived of a mass transit system, but it will certainly be one of the last metropolitan cities of the country to have an operational bus...

www.thenews.com.pk

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

As you can see in your own report above the 95% figure is for 2 sections not the entire project. Also the stations in 2018 were nothing more than empty steel structures mostly.

Additionally, the 3.5Km Guru Mandir to Municipal park additional section that they are giving as excuse for the delay was not even being worked upon and the work on it has started only last year or so and is considered phase 2 which is expected to be completed by this year end or next year start.

This was Sakhi Hassan Station on 17 June 2018.

April 2018 Nazimabad #2

 

[Bilal.]

If 90% would have completed in less than two years so 5% work in next 5 month would not be great deal. The important thing is that PTI government took another 4 years to complete remaining 5% job.

It took PTI’s govt three long years to get 40 buses for Green Line

Karachi was perhaps the first city of Pakistan to have conceived of a mass transit system, but it will certainly be one of the last metropolitan cities of the country to have an operational bus...

www.thenews.com.pk

It was not 5% remaining as I already explained. The 95% figure is for 2 sections only.

This was Sakhi Hassan Station on 17 June 2018.

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April 2018 Nazimabad #2

Exactly like I said, open and empty steel structures. Even the safety rails on the stairs are missing and these are probably the best ones from the time. And even in these you can see steel girders and pipes lying near by to be put onto the station.