A high-level meeting, chaired by KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak at CM Secretariat Peshawar, approved construction of 27km double track highway and modern bus service under Peshawar Mass Transit System Corridor from Nasir Pur GT Road to Hayatabad Karkhano market.
This project, meeting east west longest ends of the city, will be completed under public private partnership at a cost of Rs 10 billion under the command of Mohsin Aziz, an industrialist and Vice-Chairman Board of Investment and Trade (BoIT). The 1st phase from Nasirpur to Peshawar Cantt will be completed in six months while the rest till Hayatabad in nine months. However Chief Minister directed that both the phases should be completed within deadline of one year.
This important corridor Rapid Transit System will have well-facilitated bus stops at 22 places while its east west ends could be reached in less than one hour with comfort. Eighty one air conditioned buses would be plied on it through private company with nominal fare. All the buses will reach its destination without any hurdle that will also reduce traffic problems on other roads of the city.
The meeting also decided to allow ambulance and fire brigade vehicles on this corridor. Provincial Minister Amjad Afridi, Advisor to CM on Investment Rafaqat Ullah Babar, VC BoIT Mohsin Aziz, Industrialist Ghulam Sarwar Mohamand, Chief Secretary, Amjad Ali Khan, Additional Chief Secretary Khalid Pervez, SMBR Waqar Ayub, CM's Principal Secretary Mohammad Ishfaq Khan, Secretaries of Finance, P&D, Housing, Transport, LG and other departments concerned attended the meeting.