Karachi Development Projects updates

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Construction of Gulbai-Mauripur road starts in Karachi
It'll be completed in six months


SAMAA
Posted: Feb 10, 2021

The Sindh government has started the construction of Gulbai-Mauripur road in Karachi. It will take six months.

The construction of 5.25km dual carriageway from Gulbai to Y-Junction will cost Rs1.01 billion.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah directed on Tuesday the Sindh Local Government Department to construct a stormwater drain on either side of the road.

He was presiding over a meeting to review ongoing development schemes under the Karachi Package. “I want the drainage issues of the area resolved before the construction of the road,” he said.
The chief minister was informed that there were some encroachments along the road. He directed officials to remove these illegal structures.

An alternate route had been worked out for the construction of the road, officials told the meeting.
The chief minister said the project is very important to open up the Hawke’s Bay and the coastal belt for recreational purposes.

“The development of the city must be tourism-oriented,” he said. “It should attract tourists to the seashore and historical places like the Wazir Mansion and Jinnah House.”

The meeting also reviewed the condition of different underpasses and flyovers in the city. CM Shah directed the Sindh local government minister to hand them over to the KMC and DMCs to ensure their proper maintenance.​

 

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Asad Umar Reveals Expected Launch Date for GreenLine Karachi

Karachi’s Green Line Bus Rapid Transit System will become operational in July or August this year, Federal Minister for Planning, Asad Umar has disclosed.

According to the Minister, a prototype bus for the Green Line system is under development and will be unveiled soon.

Both governments have already finalized the modalities of the rent and subsidies for the Green Line bus that will be revealed in a few weeks, said the Minister.

Karachi’s Green Line bus project stretches over 24 KM and has 25 stations that are located in some of the densely populated areas of the city. 12.7 KM of the track is elevated and 10.9 KM is at gradient while 422 meters is underground.

 

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APP
11 Mar 2021

ISLAMABAD:The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) met on Thursday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, approved various development projects .

The Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme (K-IV) 260 MGD (Phase-I) was approved by ECNEC to provide additional 650 MGD water to meet the demand of Karachi City.

The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board and WAPDA would be the executing agencies for the project.

The total cost of the project has been estimated at Rs. 25,551.77 million, which would be shared on a 50:50 percent basis by the federal government and the government of Sindh respectively, the statement concluded.

 

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Karachi gets 30 buses with air conditioning


Web Desk
March 20, 2021

Karachi now has 30 buses with air conditioning.

They are all running on the same route for now, but two new routes are expected to be introduced soon.
You will have to pay Rs100 as the bus fare.

The owner of the AC coaches, Muhammad Shafi, says the route is from Dawood Chowrangi to Sharae Faisal to Tower.

Public transport is a major problem in Karachi and the lack of public transport in the city has led to a proliferation of rickshaws and Qingqis, which affect the flow of traffic.

 

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KARACHI: The city would get an additional 450 megawatts of electricity this summer as the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) has completed upgrade of 130km-long 220-kilowatt double-circuit transmission line between Jamshoro and KDA Scheme-33 of Karachi, an official announcement said on Saturday.

Federal Minister for Power, Petroleum and Natural Resources Omar Ayub Khan took to Twitter to share the “achievement” calling it “good news for Karachi for coming summer” and gave credit to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government.

The development, he said, would make collectively 1,100MW available to Karachiites in the approaching summer season.

“Alhamdulliah another achievement of PTI Govt and good news for Karachi for coming summer to get additional 450MW as NTDC has completed the rehabilitation/upgradation of the existing 220 kV double circuit transmission line (130 km long) from Jamshoro to KDA-33 through 132 kV network,” he tweeted.

 

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Sindh govt inaugurates Pakistan’s first-ever electric bus

• Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry also congratulated Sindh government over the initiative.
• As many as 100 buses are expected to hit the roads by the end of this year.

BR Web Desk
30 Mar 2021

Sindh Transport Minister Syed Owais Shah on Tuesday launched Pakistan’s first electric bus in Karachi.


As per details, the buses will be brought to the port city with cooperation with the private sector. As many as 100 buses are expected to hit the roads by the end of this year.


Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry also congratulated Sindh government over the initiative.


He tweeted: Want to congratulate Sindh government specially Murad Ali Shah and ministry of transport on their remarkable step to add electric bus in Karachi Commuters system. The ministry is fully behind Sind government in this futuristic approach hope Punjab and KP will also take same route as soon as possible.

Last year in December, the federal cabinet had approved Pakistan’s first Electric Vehicle Policy. The Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy and the Mobile Manufacturing Policy were endorsed by the federal cabinet following their approval by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on December 16.

 

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The electric bus will run from Tower to Sohrab Goth and the fare for one stop will be as low as Rs10.

 

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The electric bus will run from Tower to Sohrab Goth and the fare for one stop will be as low as Rs10.

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Karachi is getting bus corridor projects worth $1 Billion.

Bloomberg announced that the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are investing $1 billion in Karachi to help modernize public transportation. Bus networks on dedicated lanes are the focus of the projects.

Syed Awais Qadir Shah, Sindh's Minister for Transport and Mass Transit, said in an interview that work on the $550 million Red Line, which is being funded by the Asian Development Bank, will begin this month, and the $455 million World Bank-funded design will begin before the end of the year.

The minister also announced that the ADB's Red Line project will include 280 custom-built buses that will run on methane before switching to batteries. The province aims to develop a biogas plant to generate methane from animal waste.

 

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Complete KCR in 9 months: SC


by The Frontier Post

KARACHI (TLTP): The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday that the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) be completed in the next nine months.

Headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, an apex court bench was hearing the KCR revival case at the Karachi registry.

Commissioner Karachi Naved Ali Shaikh informed the judges that the KCR track has been cleared of all encroachments.

At this, CJP Ahmed asked what is hampering the complete restoration of the KCR when all encroachments have been removed from the track. The KCR project director said the 14-kilometre long Orangi-City station track, which is dotted with nine stations, is operational. The complete KCR track is 43 kilometres long, the secretary railway said, adding the City-Drigh road track is also operational.

However, the Green Line BRT project has become a hurdle near Nazimabad, he pointed out. A flyover or an underpass need to be built there, he added.

The secretary railway said the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has been given a contract for its construction. A lawyer for FWO rejected the secretary’s claim saying it has not been given any such contract.

The provincial transport secretary said that a work order in this regard had been issued following the cabinet’s approval, adding the organisation demanded Rs25 million for a pre-feasibility advice, which had also been released.

“FWO has been assigned the task to milk money,” CJP Gulzar remarked. “This is a public interest matter and you [FWO] have been demanding money.”

 

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