Author­ities say victim crosse­d fencin­g, came onto the bus track being run on trial basisPESHAWAR: A woman died after she was run over by a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) shuttle in the city’s Hayatabad area on Saturday. BRT report uncovers Rs7b in kickbacksA report into the matter has been summoned from Peshawar’s deputy commissioner. The mass transit project by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has drawn strong criticism for costing billions more than the original estimations and missing completion deadlines on multiple occasions. Earlier on April 1, the provincial inspection team submitted a detailed report on the BRT project with an estimate that ‘some people’ received kickbacks totalling around Rs7 billion. The inspection report submitted by the provincial inspection team to K-P Chief Minister Mehmood Khan expressed serious reservations over the entire project by stating the project was initiated without any comprehensive plan.

Source: The Express Tribune April 06, 2019 15:58 UTC