The electric buses imported from China are set to arrive in Islamabad today (Tuesday). These buses will operate on two feeder routes of the Metro Bus Service.
During a meeting chaired by the Chairman of Capital Development Authority (CDA), officials stated that the first batch of 30 electric buses will begin arriving in the federal capital today.
Initially, these buses will operate on two feeder routes. Feeder Route 7 will start from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) and end at the Metro Bus stop at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
Furthermore, feeder 4 will run from PIMS to Bari Imam/Quaid-e-Azam University. It is important to note that the bus service will be available from 6 am until 10 pm.
The administration has also decided that students and disabled individuals will be offered discount fares. The meeting was also informed that out of the 160 buses, 30 have already arrived in Karachi while the second batch of 70 buses will reach in the coming weeks.
A charging station, capable of charging 12 buses simultaneously, has been set up at the Jinnah Convention Centre. A bus depot for parking is under construction in Sector H-9. The fare for the bus service has been set at Rs. 50 per person.
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Thank you Chachu
Good work keep it up
Pakistan generating jobs in China. Why cannot we produce them locally?. Millions of dollars are flowing outside of Pakistan and we don’t care. Why a poor country like us simply buy from China
We need to generate income and jobs locally.
Where is Karachi. Provide huge taxes of Pakistan.
50 rupees? No wonder this country is going down the drain. 50 rupees is peanuts! Motorway speeding gets you. Rs700 fine, again peanuts. Here in UK speeding fine is £130 = Rs35,000. That’s why in UK there is law and order while Pakistan is like a jungle.
It’s good news