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Capital Development Authority (CDA) prepared a model for operationalistion of Metro Bus Service from Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad Airport.
A meeting in this regard was held in the office of Special Assistant to Prime Minister on CDA where modalities of this model were discussed, , says a press release.
The model of the metro bus service includes Fleet acquisition, IT, Security Surveillance and AFC System Acquisition, Construction of Allied Infrastructure i/c Command and Control Centre.
The operations and maintenance will be outsourced through four different service contracts.
Furthermore, preliminary cost estimation including CAPEX & OPEX are also part of the model. The Initial estimations show a deficit of Rs273.32 million/year which shall be capped by the Federal Government / CDA.
The model for the metro bus service further includes Operations of 30-New Air-conditioned Buses plying on a Fixed Time Schedule.
Electric / Environmental friendly buses will be preferred for Islamabad. In this connection, support and cooperation of Economic Affairs Division (EAD) has also been sought.
CDA has decided to operate electric buses in an extended, dedicated corridor for the metro bus service connecting the city to the Islamabad International Airport (IIA)
Work on the Rs16.43 billion metro bus extension project had begun in April 2017 and was slated to be completed in a matter of months by August 2017, in time for the inauguration of the new airport.
While the airport started operating in May 2018, the extension project ran into snags.
Final decision regarding operationalization of Metro Bus System will be taken by Government in due course.
In January 2020, while submitting a reply in the National Assembly, the federal communications ministry had stated that 90% of work on the nearly three-year-old project has been completed. Further, the ministry had promised that it will be completed in the ongoing fiscal year 2019-20. The ministry had assured the house that the project will not run into cost overruns due to the inordinate delay it has faced, rather it will be completed at a cost of Rs14.44 billion and some savings.
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