The former mayor of Bogot·, Columbia, Enrique Penalosa called on City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal at his office on Tuesday and offered all possible assistance and support in having a Bus Rapid Transit System in Karachi on the pattern of the Columbian capital.
Penalosa, who is now a consultant of Bus Rapid Transport System (BRTS), had a discussion with Kamal about the implementation of the same system in Karachi. He said this system was running successfully in Bogot· and he and his team would provide all possible technical cooperation for successful implementation of the same in Karachi.
The former Bogot· mayor also extended an invitation to the city Nazim for an official visit to Bogot· so that he could personally assess the system there. He further said it was a better system in the mass transit system and he hoped that the bus rapid transport system would prove successful in Karachi due to the availability of wide roads.
Kamal said that the government was working on the introduction of bus rapid transport system in Karachi with the coordination of Asian Development Bank.“In the first phase”, he said “three corridors have been selected in Karachi while the system will bring in other parts of the city later on.
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