The Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) project is nearing its completion date. The train was run on a trial basis at the newly prepared track yesterday.
These metro trains have the capacity to carry up to 250,000 passengers every day, bringing it on par with Moscow’s Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya project.
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Lahore’s residents will be breathing a sigh of relief as the long-delayed project is finally being completed. Many residents have complained that the project was choking off major business points in the city such as Lakshmi Chowk and the areas around the G.P.O.
Khawaja Ahmad Hassan, Advisor to the Chief Minister (Punjab), was there at the occasion of the trial run where he announced an addition of four more train sets for the 27.1 KM long Orange Line project.
Government officials are confident that the 12 km long portion of the track, from Dera Gujran to Lakshmi Chowk, will be completed within the current week.
Here are some pictures of the train during its trial run yesterday:
The project faced a delay of 22 months after the Lahore High Court issued a partial stay against construction work over fears that it threatened some historical sites in the city.
However, on December 8th, 2017, the Supreme Court of Pakistan passed a ruling that the construction work of the project should be started again.
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Since then, the staff has been working day and night for the timely completion of the project.
Dear Biased ProPakistani Team (Aamir Atta particularly)!
The system is designed to handle 30,000 passengers per hour. The Orange Line will initially carry 250,000 passengers per day, with ridership of 500,000 passengers per day three years after commencement of service.
You guys don’t miss those areas of topic usually where it can even hint an embarrassment to the government but here you missed something. Due to infamous stay orders by courts which result in delay as well as increase in costs in such projects. In past examples of unjustified interference by judiciary in projects such as:
i)Rental Power Project in PPP regime, by one Turkish company, Pakistan has to pay 1.6 billion US $ in penalties, thanks to Iftikhar Ch. ex Chief Justice of Pakistan.
ii) Pakistan is facing claims of 11 billion US $ after cancelling Reko Diq contract to one Australian company for mining. Again thanks to judicial activism of Iftikhar Ch.
I appreciate this, this is a good project.
BTW, for your information, this delay was intentional by Shahbaz Sharif, Govt of Punjab so that its completion may come up near elections and they can en-cash this. Now, they will advertise this project in every meeting, jalsa etc, its just like Metro bus
Salute “Emerging Pakistan”.
So are you implying that Shahbaz Sharif went to court to get the stay order on the project? Wasn’t it it Shahbaz who requested Supreme Court to expedite hearing of the case?
Do you follow and make your mind from PTI facebook pages?
It isn’t surprising when you call Aamir hypocrite when you and your leader are also actually.
I’m sorry I can’t write long articles for your biased mind but I’m pretty sure you in your heart know that already.
Allah apko hadayat de.
P.S, sure it’s a good project, this Orange line. But it doesn’t clean the slate.
And talking about hypocrites, you are a very cunning man. I have never seen you comment on those articles which are rocksolid and put your party in a very bad image and you know you can’t defend them there. You only comment on those articles in which you can come up with some arbitrary numbers to somehow backup your hollow claim.
For example, I have never once seen you comment on the article written on the press conference by your Shahbaz on Zainab’s murder case. The cruelty and shameless attitude that he had shown back then alongwith his other puppets, I have never seen you condemn them. Why?
So please, don’t come out here and start using the word ‘hypocrite’ or ‘biased’ when you can’t even have a glimpse inside your own heart.
But no, keep on building Orange lines or whatever because these projects will somehow redeem the souls of the innocents while the law and the education sector bites the dust.
He is just a paid troll. He only pops his head up on anything relating to PMLn / PTI. There is a reason why his comments history is private. But longtime readers of ProPak can see through all the bull faeces for who he really is.
I’m not supporter of PMLN. But I agree with you on this one. Pro-Pakistani is biased. A little achievement of PTI highlighted dramatically, and once it comes to PMLN achievements, they
just clammed up.
I know affiliation of Aamir , he can’t deny it ;)
Oh Dear!
Maturity is when you stop arguing PTI supporters.
Dekho dekho koun aya….log samjh tou gaye honge ☺
Door are open during travel , its a good chance for Lahori to do action like a game of hunger
hahah
Door will be closed during journey. The first 3 door seen open are to verify the parameters during trail run, the persons standing near doors are engineers wearing uniform, helmet and safety gadgets to verify performance and other technical parameters.
Ro Imran Ro, Ro Imran Ro,
ZOOR ZOOR say Ro, Biwi ke sath milke RO,
Apni baji ke silai machine ke kamai say bunnay wali offshore company pe RO,
Gharz Imran Niazi RO.
MashaAllah!!