8,000 CNG buses to be launched soon'

ISLAMABAD (November 20, 2010) : As many as 8,000 environment friendly CNG buses will be launched in major cities of the country under Shaheed Benazir Bhutto CNG Bus Project. An amount of Rs 300 million has been transferred to the State Bank of Pakistan for implementation of this project in Karachi during its initial phase of implementation, an official source informed.

Under the project being executed under Ministry of Environment, 225 buses will be launched for Karachi city to overcome the transport problems faced by the citizens. The bus service will later be introduced in Multan, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Gujranwala and twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, the official added. A subsidy of Rs 300,000 will be given to those investors who would buy more than 25 CNG buses.