Huge amount of taxpay­ers’ money will go to waste becaus­e of the projec­t’s obviou­s ineffi­ciency­KARACHI: Even after spending billions of rupees, the ill-planned Metrobus project in Karachi will cater to less than one-tenth of the metropolis’ ever-increasing transportation needs. In all likelihood, Karachi will be unable to have an effective mass transit system by 2030. The BRTS’s Yellow Line will cost Rs14 billion, Orange Line Rs2.3 billion, Green Line Rs27 billion, Red Line Rs15 billion, Blue Line Rs187 billion and the KCR Rs265 billion. In Colombia’s Bogotá, 32 per cent passengers’ needs are taken care of at present by their mass transit system called Transmilenio. Similarly, Director Urban Resource Centre Muhammad Younus thinks that the BRTS planning has ignored the coordination between different modes of transportation.

Source: The Express Tribune December 26, 2017 07:41 UTC