Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project has been referred to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for the approval.
The project costing Rs66.4 billion has already been revised and approved by the Provincial Development Working Party and the Central Development Working Party (CDWP).
The revised plan of the project was sent to ECNEC on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The multi-billion-rupee BRT project is not only a bus corridor but also a grand plan for other roads in the city. There are also designs to construct drainage ways, a cycle track and moving utility service lines along the three-kilometre long underpasses and the 13km long elevated road, says a press release.
The opposition has been criticizing the Pakistan Tehreelei-Insaf governments both at the Centre and in KP for doubling the estimated cost of the BRT project from Rs30 billion to Rs60bn.
However, the fact is that the original cost of the project was Rs57bn and the revisions amount to only Rs9bn. The original cost of the project was Rs57bn, but the CDWP made a 15 percent cut and removed contingency expenditure a provision created in all mega projects reducing its cost to Rs49bn
