According to the sources, Shahrjeel Inam Memon, the Sindh Transport Minister, recently presided over a meeting to review the plans for the construction work and bus purchases for Karachi’s Yellow Line BRT project. Officials from the Sindh Transport and Mass Transit Department were present at the meeting.
The Sindh minister gave the transportation department instructions to finish the BRT project during the meeting. He also directed that the project’s scope be expanded by adding more buses for the planned bus line. Memon also gave orders to start the bus procurement process for the bus rapid project.
Yellow Line BRT Project
21 kilometres separate Dawood Chowrangi from Numaish Chowrangi on the Yellow Line BRT. The Yellow Line BRT project will cost around $438.9 million in total, of which the World Bank will provide $381.9 million and the Sindh government will provide $19.5 million.
According to the plan, 8 underpasses will be constructed at:
- Murtaza Chowrangi
- Singer Chowrangi
- Bilal Chowrangi
- Vita Chowrangi
- Shaan Chowrangi
- Brooks Chowrangi
- Khayaban-e-Ittihad
- Korangi Road intersection
- Sunset Boulevard intersection
- Jam Sadiq Bridge will also be widened
