Exclusive Pictures of Karachi's Metro Bus Service

[Shahmir]

I am not a hard core journalist that every my pic should be authentic,

Chor chori sey jaye magar hera pheri sey na jaye, so you wanted to deceive people but were caught redhandedly by user ShamK

 

[kaku1]

Chor chori sey jaye magar hera pheri sey na jaye, so you wanted to deceive people but were caught redhandedly by user ShamK

Rofl bro, i am here to give a perspective, I am engineer, not a Mass Comm student, and if you deceived from simple pic, then really sorry, but Pune BRT still exist and intact.

 

[Reviewer21]

Are you seriously comparing that shit to this?

Have a look at this video:

 

[SHAMK9]

This ? I cant even see a supertall there...looks like shit when compared to GIFT city

Get a pair of glasses, a country going through war has more ambitious projects than shining india

Oh well.I have heard that 'will' many times before-Lahore LRT,Karachi KCR...Come back when you have started constructing.

Meanwhile we have already constructed 7 metros...

Congrats, go shove it in someone else.

 

[SHAMK9]

Where are the supertalls...?

Mumbai has 70 skyscrapers (above 50 floors )under construction

This project,all I see is 1,268 m tall tower...

You will see them bharti. Karachi will reclaim more and more land for these projects.

 

[gslv mk3]

You will see them bharti. Karachi will reclaim more and more land for these projects.

Please show me a Pakistani project comparable to GIFT/Wave city Center/Yeida city..etc before claiming your projects are more more 'ambitious'

Megaproject: Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) -- General Development News and Discussions - SkyscraperCity

Mumbai has reclaimed enough land in 80s..Now reclaiming land is illegal,harms the environment you see

Ah..Ambitious projects right ?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Dude stop bringing slums. It isn't needed here. Or if you really want to know more about slums here:

Top 5 slums of world:
1. Neza-Chalco-Itza, Mexico
2. Orangi Town, Pakistan
3. Dharavi, India
4. Khayelitsha, South Africa
5. Kibera, Kenya

5 Biggest Slums in the World

And @karan21 Bro stop bragging. We've still got long way to go. And anyways it's irrelevant to bring India here.

google the pics now..

orangi town:

Orangi Town

 

[Reviewer21]

Dude now don't deviate, you were comparing Ahmedabad BRTS with this. Now what??

 

[gslv mk3]

@SHAMK9

You think GIFT city (already under construction ) is not ambitious enough ?

Gujarat International Finance Tec-City or GIFT is an under-construction central business district in the Indian state ofGujarat. It will be built on 986 acres (3.99 km2) of land. Its main purpose is to provide high quality physical infrastructure (electricity, water, gas, district cooling, roads, telecoms and broadband)

GIFTCL proposes to implement GIFT as a globally benchmarked International Finance City with an eventual built on area of 85,000,000 sq ft

GIFT is conceptualized as a global financial and Information Technology services hub, a first of its kind in India, designed to be at or above par with globally benchmarked financial centers such as Shinjuku, Tokyo, Lujiazui, Shanghai, La Defense, Paris, London Dockyards etc.

Electricity

• The 1000MW electricity supply is planned to be 99.999% reliable (about 5.3 minutes of outage per year). GIFT's power grid will be designed by ABB Group of Switzerland. All the electricity cables will be underground. Hong Kong Electric Company is 99.998% reliable since 1998.[

Piped Gas

• Natural Gas will be distributed to every house and building via pipes, which is cheaper and safer than cylinders.

Gas supply to the city will be made from the existing gas network of GSPL, the state own company for gas transmission pipelines. Piped natural gas is already in distribution in the nearby cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.

Communications and Telecoms[edit]

• GIFT will have: an Internet Gateway, world-class next generation IP-based network, International Fibre Landing System.

Air Conditioning[edit]

• GIFT will have a centralized AC system, called District cooling which is cheaper to run and uses less electricity.

Solid Waste Management

• All waste will be automatically sucked through underground pipes at high speed of 90 km/hr, and the same will be treated through Plasma technology.

Transportation

GIFT aims at providing transportation network which ensures accessibility, easy & fast mobility and zero road accidental deaths. This would be achieved by:

1. Using a multimodal mix of Transport systems (MRTS/LRTS/BRTS, etc.) for both inter region (Ahmedabad, Airport, Gandhinagar and the City) and intra-city.

2. Using walk-to-work concept as part of urban planning with a nodal split of 10:90 between private and public transport.

3. Use of electric personal rapid transit systems within the City.

GIFT City will also have its own metro stations.In future, City will be linked with Ahmedabad BRTS, operated by Ahmedabad JanMarg Ltd.

 

[kaku1]

two different thing one is accident other is anarchy people are fighting to each other literally ...moreover it shows poor construction

Its happened bro, you will not be europe in one day, and see how many accident were done in New York Subway, when it was in construction mode.

 

[SHAMK9]

@SHAMK9

You think GIFT city (already under construction ) is not ambitious enough ?

Its very ambitious, but to say that none of Pakistani projects are, you are just sh*tting yourself mate

 

[SHAMK9]

i kw bro but that guy was talking about how theirs BRT is advance because it moving escalator how

When you figure out how to piece words and sentences together, we can have a valid arguement

 

[Reviewer21]

Your friend gslv here started the whole argument

No actually it was @karan21 But still calling some other country's ambitious projects as sh*t is not a way to appreciate or admire them.

 

[SHAMK9]

No actually it was @karan21 But still calling some other country's ambitious projects as sh*t is not a way to appreciate or admire them.

In my defence, I did not call gift sh*t, i called brt of ahmebad sh*t

 

[SrNair]

May be @Areesh wont care about what happens in India,but Pakistani Authorities do..

Dr E Sreedharan -India's metro man was invited to Pakistan in 2007,for consultancy..

‘Lahore perfect for light rail transit’

LAHORE, March 7: Delhi Metro Rail Service Managing Director Dr E Sreedharan has declared the first phase of the light rail transit system in Lahore a viable project, suggesting some measures to improve it.

In an interview with Dawn here on Wednesday, Dr Sreedharan said Lahore should have a light rail system because it could not manage its 8.5 million population’s movement without it.

The Indian official was invited by the Punjab government for his expert opinion on the $8billion project of running the light rail in the city on four routes.

On Tuesday, he inspected the first priority line’s route from Greenland (Shahdara) to Hamza Town (near Chungi Amar Sadhu). On Wednesday, he shared his expertise with Transport Minister Pir Ghulam Mohayuddin and senior officials of his department. He also called on Chief Secretary Salman Siddique to exchange his views on the project and share his own experience of running the same system in Delhi.

The proposed rail service is the main part of the Lahore Mass Transit System (LRMTS). The project will be executed with the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank. Officials expect that the first train will be operational in 2012. The groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled to be held in June next.

Dr Sreedharan called the project a well-conceived scheme aimed at introducing an absolutely needed facility to Lahore. He said the project would prove a success if it was executed properly after fine-tuning.

In his view, the implementation of the project (the first line) would face no major technical difficulty because the soil condition en route was good and roads were wide, having room for underground construction without creating any serious inconvenience to the city.

Dr Sreedharan said the government must take a final decision about the funding of the project. It should also decide whether the project would be handled by one of its departments or a private company. “A legal cover is also required through the assembly,” he said.

He said the government would need permission from the owners of private buildings to dig underground or to acquire land, which should be done through a legal procedure.

He said the government would also need a law to operate and maintain the system and to ensure its safety. The system should be duty exempt for its several metro stations and depots through a law to reduce its maintenance cost, he said.

He said the metro rail service project in Delhi was completed in seven years — 1998 to 2005 — instead of the specified 10 years.

The rail covered 65kms providing an excellent transport system to the city besides ridding it of immense air pollution which was being caused by transport, he said.

He said initially people used to object to the high cost of the project but time had proved that it was necessary for the city. The rail service had also brought about a positive cultural change in Delhi, teaching people to form queues to board the train, he said.

The minimum fare was Rs6 and the maximum Rs22 which was economical. “You also need to keep the fare reasonable,” he said.

The plan to introduce a light rail system in Lahore was made in the 80s in the light of a feasibility report prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. It was taken up for implementation after Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi showed a keen interest in it in 2005. In response, the planning and development board got prepared a fresh study of the project from a Hong Kong-based firm selected through an international tender.

According to the study completed last year, around 30,000 people could travel by the train in one hour, resolving the ever-growing transport problems of the city.

The proposed first line will cover 27kms from Shahdara to Hamza Town, having 22 stations. This project will be completed at an estimated cost of $2.4 billion.

The system will be operated on the ground from Ravi Bridge to Bhati Chowk and underground from Bhati Chowk to Kot Lakhpat via Lower Mall, The Mall, Queens Road and Ferozepur Road.

The second line will cover Railway Station to Thoker Niaz Beg via McLeod Road, GPO, Chauburji and Multan Road. —Intikhab Hanif

what about it current status?