Thursday, June 26, 2008

Mass Transit System to be Developed in Country: Salman

NEW DELHI (June 27 2008): Salman Faruqui, Deputy Chairman Planning Commission said on Thursday that federal and provincial governments will develop mass transit system in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad.


Talking to newsmen here after visiting Delhi Metro Rail, he said Pakistan will learn from the system and Pakistani engineers will build the systems with the help of latest technology available in the world. He said that population of these cities has increased manifold and these transit systems have become utmost necessity to facilitate the general public.

Salman Faruqui said there are good points to learn here as this system is also earning money from the advertisements and public services provided on the stations.Syed Mustafa Kamal, Nazim City Government Karachi said on the occasion that population of Karachi has increased to 18 million and mass transit system will be developed to cope with the travelling needs of the people. We will benefit from the experiences of this system, he added.

Salman Faruqui and his delegation travelled on the system to see themselves its utility. Earlier, the Chief of Metro Rail briefed the delegation about the functioning of this system and its future plans.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

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