Local Fleet of 500 CNG Buses to hit Khi Roads Soon

Wait n wait n wait .................. ok waited for three years so lets see when this soon will come
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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Wednesday that under a federal government programme a fleet of 500 CNG buses would soon hit the roads of Karachi.

Chairing a meeting held here at the CM House to review transport facilities for the citizens, he said that the federal government decided to introduce a CNG bus service in 10 major cities of the country on a public-private partnership basis.

The CNG bus service programme, he said, would begin from Karachi where a fleet of 500 buses would soon be brought on the roads. These 500 CNG buses would be part of a project aimed at bringing 4,000 CNG buses in the country, which was endorsed by the federal cabinet in its meeting on Aug 16, 2008.

Besides Karachi, the cities where CNG buses would be operated under the nomenclature of “Shaheed Benazir Bhutto CNG Bus Service” are Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Hyderabad, Gujranwala and Sukkur.

The director-general of the Karachi Mass Transit Cell, Malik Zaheer-ul-Islam, informed the meeting that the Planning Commission had allocated Rs5 billion for the project. He said the government had exempted CNG buses from a 15 per cent import duty. He said the total investment in the project would be Rs21 billion including a government subsidy of Rs2.5 billion.

The government has already received offers from seven companies to initiate the project with 226 buses which could be increased up to 294 buses.

LTC to run 300 Diesel Buses

They were suppose to be CNG as 50 already running .............. but ok please bring them on road and more needed .......
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THE Lahore Transport Company has implemented the first phase of the project for providing efficient and affordable public transport to the citizens of Lahore. During this phase, 300 diesel buses will be run in the city soon to provide immediate relief to the people of Lahore.

Tasneem Noorani, Chairman LTC, said this while presiding over a high level meeting held to execute the directions of Chief Minister Punjab in his office on Tuesday. Chief Executive Officer of LTC J. I. Kim, General Manager Operations Asad Rehman Gillani, General Manager Enforcement SSP Fawad-uddin-Qureshi and General Manager Finance Adnan Muddaser were also present. Chairman Tasneem Noorani has said the Lahore Transport Company is implementing the direction of the CM Punjab to run 2000 new buses preferably in the next two years. However, 300 diesel buses are being provided immediately. He said the incentive of upfront subsidy for the purchase of new buses would be given to the trustworthy parties. He also said the operational subsidy would also be provided while determining the number of passengers on each route.

Transparent and merit oriented procedure will be followed in selecting companies interested in public transport system. General Manager Operations and Planning Asad Rehman Gillani has said that equal opportunities will be provided to the transport companies in the purchase of buses.

Punjab Chief Minister Briefed about Mass Transit

Wow ........... Big news ......... Tables turned .......... CM has taken briefing on Lahore Mass Transit Project from Suleman Ghani ....... The guy who has done lot of work on this project before Shahbaz Sharif government

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LAHORE (April 11 2010): Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif presided over a meeting held with regard to Mass Transit Project. Head of Special Cell of Lahore Rapid Mass Transit Project Salman Ghani briefed about the progress of the Project. The chief minister said that Mass Transit Project is an important project and all resources would be utilised for its early completion.

Secretary Transport, Secretary Planning and Development and other concerned officers also attended the meeting.

CM wants 200-300 diesel buses in City

Just orders, meetings ............. claims and same repeated statements of previous era of corruptions .................... CM please Lahorites really need something implemented not words
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CHIEF Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed the Lahore Transport Company to make a plan for plying 200 to 300 diesel buses on the road of the provincial metropolis next month, saying that the CNG buses should be inducted in the transport system in the second phase. He said subsidy should also be given on diesel buses to encourage investors.

Presiding over a meeting on Friday, the CM said public transport system was an indicator of the level of development of a country and no nation could progress without an efficient transport system. He said that keeping in view the importance of the transport system, the government was paying attention to the development of the sector and provision of modern transport facilities to the masses. He said that besides foreign investors, local investors and transport owners should also be encouraged.

Shahbaz said subsidy on diesel buses would encourage locally-manufactured diesel buses and local investors would be able to make the maximum investment in the sector. He said that in the first phase, up to 300 diesel buses should be brought on the roads immediately and most of them should be air-conditioned. He said an order should immediately be placed for the import of more CNG buses so that after diesel buses, the CNG buses could also be used for providing transport facilities to the citizens.

The chief minister directed the Transport secretary to submit recommendations for the provision of modern transport facilities in other major cities of the province on the pattern of Lahore.

Lahore Transport Company Chairman Tasneem Noorani gave a briefing to the meeting while MPA Mohsin Latif, the Transport secretary, Lahore Commissioner, DIG Traffic as well as senior officers concerned were present.

Delhi Metro - Way to go for Indian Commuters

Can ever be our leaders think of the plight of the Pakistani commuters specially in Mega cities like Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Islamabad to built this metro system like in New Delhi
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/08/delhi.metro.commuting/index.html

Buses without route permits to be seized

LAHORE, April 5: The Lahore Transport Company has announced that the buses plying without route permits will be impounded after April 15.

LTC Chairman Tasneem Noorani said an action plan had been devised for the provision of standardised and affordable transport to the public, and it would be implemented shortly.

He was presiding over a meeting here on Monday also attended by CFO J I Kim, GM Operations Asad Gillani, GM Enforcement SSP Fawaduddin Qureshi and GM Finance Adnan Mudassar.

Mr Noorani said in the new transport system the frequency of buses on urban routes would be ensured so that the commuters did not have to wait at stops.

He said that only buses in good condition would be al lowed to run on urban routes and the operators would have to obtain fitness certificates for their vehicles from motor vehicle examiner.

He said it would be ensured the buses should only stop at authorised points in the city. He said a large number of commuters were using buses on B9 route from Kahna to railway station under an LTC pilot project.

He said the formula regarding the provision of upfront and operational subsidy to the transporters would be announced within a couple of weeks.

SSP Fawaduddin Qureshi said the movement of buses from Kahna to Railway Station was being monitored through a modern tracking system. He said the provisions of Motor Vehicle Ordinance were also being executed effectively.

LTC floats 24 route permits

LAHORE, March 31: The Lahore Transport Company on Wednesday floated 24 urban route permits for private transport owners.

“New and old bus operators can get 24 vacant routes of the city after fulfilling the requisite conditions,” LTC Chairman Tasneem Noorani said at a meeting.

The meeting was informed that General Bus Stand to Maraka, Railway Station to Salamatpura, General Bus Stand to Allama Iqbal Airport, Railway Station to Qilla Sitar Shah, General Bus Stand to Green Town, Railway Station to Rana Town, Allama Iqbal Airport to Model Town Link Road, Railway Station to Judicial Colony, General Bus Stand to Kala Khatai, General Bus Stand to Model Town, Bhaati to Rana Town, General Bus Stand to Chungi Multan Road, Darogawala to Chungi Amar Sidhu, Railway Station to Muridke, Railway Station to Liaquatabad, Railway Station to Altaf Colony, Old Ravi Bridge to Darogawala, Shahdara Town to Shadman Market, Lesco (Defence) to Allama Iqbal Airport, General Bus Stand to Bhudana, Railway Station to Kamonke, General Bus Stand to Kasur and Railway Station to Sharqpur routes would be given to the private sector in a transparent manner.

The chairman said that urban routes were being planned to provide standardised and affordable transport facility to the public.

GM (Operations) Asad Rehman Gillani said that only those buses would be allowed to run on these routes that would meet the fitness criteria.

GM (Enforcement) Fawaduddin Qureshi gave a briefing to the meeting about LTC enforcement.