BRT Orange Line
project to be
operational in a month

Sindh Minister for Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Memon has asked Sindh Mass Transit Authority for making Orange Line operational. He has reportedly set a deadline of a month.
Memon who presided over a meeting reviewed issues linked to BRT Orange Line project and directed the secretary, transport Sindh to hold a meeting with Sindh Infrastructure Development Company Limited to expedite the pace of work on the service.
Memon assured the moot that he would personally talk to Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal so that the project could be operationalized. The Orange Line should be made operational in a month to facilitate safe and comfortable traveling to the citizens of Orangi Town and adjoining areas, he said.
He took a detailed briefing on the mandate of the Sindh Mass Transit Authority and mass transit projects.
The meeting was informed that the BRT Green Line Phase 1 is operational from Surjani Town up to Numaish roundabout, while BRT Yellow, Orange and Red Lines are in the implementation phase.
The Green Line is a project of the federal government and will be handed over to the Sindh government in three years. It was further informed in the briefing that 98 percent of civil work of the Orange Line project from Orangi Town to the Board Office has been completed.
The project is completely funded by the Sindh government and is being executed under SIDCL – a federal government company. It was also informed that the Sindh government has made payments to SIDCL for the procurement of 20 buses for Orange Line.