Sindh to buy hundreds of hybrid buses from china

Gwadar Pro

KARACHI, June 12: Pakistan’s Sindh provincial government plans to buy hundreds of hybrid buses from China in the next fiscal year starting in July 1, 2023, a senior Sindh minister said

Sindh Information and Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon told Gwadar Pro that the province needed buses to facilitate people.

“We have purchased buses from China in the recent past and they are very fuel efficient. We plan to buy more in the coming months,” he informed.

Memon underlined that the government was committed to resolve the transport issue in Sindh.

“Chinese buses have been helpful. We hope to benefit more from the Chinese technology,” he remarked.

Earlier, the Sindh government allocated Pakistani Rs 10 billion for the procurement of 500 hybrid buses in the provincial budget for the financial year 2023-24.

A total of Rs13.4 billion has been allocated for the provincial Transport Department, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said while presenting the provincial budget on Saturday.

He maintained that the provincial government hadearmarked Rs 6.1 billion for the ‘Intra-District Peoples’ Bus Service’ and Rs2 billion for the maintenance of transport infrastructure.

The government also earmarked Rs 600 million for the new routes.

To facilitate employees of Sindh secretariat 03 new routes will start from next year.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, who also holds the portfolio of Finance Minister, presented the budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 in the Sindh Assembly.

Addressing the budget session of the Sindh Assembly, CM Murad Ali Shah said that the total outlay of the budget for the province is estimated at Rs 2244 billion.