Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi has directed the issuance of a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the construction of an underpass at Malir Halt, clearing a key hurdle in the project.
The directive was issued during a meeting attended by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, and Chief Secretary Asif Haider Shah.
According to the chief minister’s spokesperson, the meeting also agreed to restore the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) and suburban train services.
Participants further decided to launch new train services between Karachi and Rohri, and Karachi and Jacobabad. The Sindh chief minister said Karachi urgently requires an effective and affordable public transport system.
Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi said joint efforts would be made to modernize and improve the reliability of the railway system.
During the meeting, the chief secretary said the Sindh government plans to construct an underpass at Malir Halt, but delays in obtaining the NOC from Pakistan Railways had stalled the project. Following this, the railways minister directed that the NOC for the Malir Halt underpass be issued.
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Restoration of Karachi circular railway will be waste of public money, just like green line, orange line etc, instead a mono rail system be developed as in most countries and like in Lahore, or else road be restored to reasonable level, i.e they with stand atleast one rain season.