Pakistani CPEC Parliamentary Committee visits Orange Line Metro Train depot at Dera Gujran
Gwadar Pro
Lahore: A five-member delegation of Pakistani National Assembly’s Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) visited the Orange Line Metro Train (OLMT) depot at Dera Gujran here.
The delegation comprised Chairman Sher Arbab Ali and members including Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) Zahid Akram Durrani, Noor Alam Khan and others.
Provincial Minister for Transport Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan Khichi and MNA Aurangzeb Khan Khichi welcomed the delegation and apprised them about the functioning of various departments of the depot.
The delegation inspected different sections of OLMT depot including Control Centre, Maintenance Shed, Washing and Parking area and others, said an official statement.
The committee members were briefed by Deputy General Manger Dr Qamer Mehmood about working mechanism of the electric train.
The delegates expressed satisfaction over the state-of-the-art mass transit project and appreciated the staff for maintaining extraordinary arrangements.
Secretary Transport Wajiaullah Kundi, Punjab Mass-transit Authority (PMA) Managing Director Mirza Naseer, General Manager (Operations) Syed Uzair Shah and Chinese Contractor were present on the occasion.
Later, the delegates also took a ride on the Orange Line Metro Train and reviewed the facilities provided to the commuters at the train and stations. They took ride from Dera Gujran train Station and traveled to Lakshmi Chowk.
Earlier, Chairman National Assembly Parliamentary Committee for CPEC Sher Ali Arbab said that the CPEC project had entered into its third phase.
Speaking at a seminar Sher Ali Arbab called for increasing the pace of work on CPEC as its completion on time is in the interest of both nations.
The seminar was organized with the collaboration of the National Assembly Secretariat, Punjab Board of Investment, Planning and Development Board and Friedrish Ebert Stiftung Pakistan and attended by Acting Council General China, provincial ministers, members of parliament and investors from both countries.
He also informed that the federal government had constituted a parliamentary committee on CPEC in order to formulate meaningful proposals to face the challenges of CPEC.
Chairman Sher Ali Arbab pledged that positive proposals regarding CPEC discussed in the seminar will be implemented. He called for organising such seminars and conferences in other provinces. He said a national conference on CPEC would be held in Islamabad.
Sher Ali Arbab mentioned that Punjab was the largest province of Pakistan having great investment opportunities and cooperation between Punjab and the federal government would be enhanced for exploring more investment as CPEC was a game-changer for Pakistan.
