CPEC: Encroachments along KCR track removed, says Sindh CM

China Economic Net

Karachi: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the provincial government had removed the encroachments along the track of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)’s Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project.

“We have removed the encroachments along the track of Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project and are going to construct its other infrastructure such as flyovers and underpasses on the railway crossings,” he said while speaking to journalists after laying a floral wreath on the tomb of the father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.

The Sindh CM said the provincial government was providing full support to the CPEC projects and was thankful to China for its cooperation in the shape of vaccines amid the Covid pandemic.

He said the Sindh provincial government and the federal government were working together under the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) to combat the pandemic in the province.

CM Shah said the Sindh Transport Department had placed an order for procurement of new buses for Karachi.

“The Sindh government has allocated Rs 8 billion for procurement of buses for different BRT (Bus rapid Transit) routes. The BRT Orange Line project is almost complete and it would be launched along with the Green Line project,” he said.

Shah said the order of procurement of buses for the Orange Line had already been placed and delivery would be received shortly.