The BRT service provided a quality mass transit system to the dwellers of the provincial capital. What will be the cost of ticket per oneway trip or round trip? I have also seen the Peshawar transport system. Not able to complete the project yet again, BRT was then to be inaugurated in March 2019. The important thing here to keep in mind is that all the metro projects are limited in terms of picking up passengers. Construction/ material Cost of the project / km is less than other metro projects.. important to mention that facilities provided in KPK BRT system are way better like cycle routes, parking, commercial plazas etc, We are talking about cost/Km not the over all project cost. LAHORE - The Metro Bus Service, launched at a cost of Rs30 billion for a 27-kilometre route in the provincial metropolis, is causing a daily loss of Rs5 million, it has been learnt.While a passenger pays Rs20 for one-way travel, the government has to pay a subsidy of Rs40. ALL the figures have been released by the PTI-led KP government. Special brail tracks have been laid down in every single station along the corridor and even in the shopping areas for people with visual disabilities. BRT systems generally include rapid transit features such as all-day service spans, greater spacing between sta The lexibility and lower-cost of BRT allow it to provide greater network coverage. Are things out of control when it comes to Imran Khan? Rawalpindi Metro might be good but not worth for the whole city. The cost of the project is estimated to be 66 billion Pakistani rupees. The documents available with The Express Tribune show . Original map clear shows 8 routes, with no indications that some are only feeder routes. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwas (K-P) Provincial Working Development Party (PWDP) on Tuesday approved the revised Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project with a 54 per cent increase in the total cost to Rs57 billion as against December 2016s estimation of Rs37 billion. The minimum cost for a ticket is Rs10 and the highest costing ticket is Rs50. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Mr Yousafzai also said the KP had built its Swat motorway from provincial kitty and now looking to build D.I. As the rupee depreciated, it has only exacerbated the situation. 39.27 billion, Fleet scrapping and environmental mitigation: Rs. These are grandious delusions nothing more, Informed sources say the service has eaten up more than Rs1.5 billion of public money since its inauguration in February 2013, https://tribune.com.pk/story/1368199/bus-rapid-transit-peshawar-wins-green-light/, http://www.awamipolitics.com/how-pedifferent-than-lahore-metro-project-20095.htm, https://propakistani.pk/2017/03/29/peshawars-bus-rapid-transit-system-set-expansion/, http://nation.com.pk/lahore/23-Jan-2014/is-metro-bus-a-success-story, https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/1-bi-800-million-trees-planted-wwf-report.486843/, Pakistan seeks to build $8.2b rail link with Uzbekistan, Pakistan mulls taking upfront cost of CPEC projects, PTI govt admits Lahore Metro bus as cheapest project, Dhaka Metro rail: Also a show of local engineering might, Report reveals irregularities worth billions of rupees in Peshawar BRT project, Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments PART 2, 4 Top level TTP commander neutralised in Afghanistan, Syria is buying Iranian Air Defence systems, Islamabad baffled by IMF moving goalposts. Thus, the total revenue was estimated at Rs178.6 million. Initially, the cost of 27 km was reported to be PKR 14b, then increased to PKR 40b and more recently reported to exceed PKR 60b, thus exceeding the cost / km of Lahore and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro projects and making project funding no doubt. The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has so far missed each and every deadline it gave. To be honest in early 2000 there was a Bus Service started by Hamid Gul's daughter and it was very good service and connecting Islamabad till Airport. Brail Tracks And Ramps For The Physically Challenged. Every station has electric escalators and every commuter can reach the station easily. Why are superpowers so massive? .ads_between_content{ $11m/km. Serves 25% of Lahore - More routes will have to be constructed in future which will cost hundreds of billions of rupees more. F Saleems metro bus cost comparison confirms PMLN corruption.Lahore: $11m/km; Islamabad $20 m/km as compared 2 Ahmedabad,India: $3 m/km !/2, Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) Inside Pakistan's Sharp Sword - The Special Service Group (SSG). Umm.the KP government released the figures themselves. It was given name "Lahore Bus Company". Heres the cost comparison on a per kilometer basis: Ahmedabad $2.4 million; Dalian (China) $2.6 million; Changzhou (China) $4 million; Guangzhou (China) $4.4 million; Beijing $4.8 million; Bogota $5.3 million; Paris $7 million; and Istanbul $8.8 million. Daily ridership for Lahore Metro bus is around 220,000 and its current fleet is of 66 buses. And is Pakistan too small to aspire to this goal? However, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's (K-P) Provincial Working Development Party (PWDP) on Tuesday approved the revised Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project with a 54 percent increase in the total cost to Rs57 billion as against December 2016's estimation of Rs37 billion. 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And unlike punjab, PTI is taking loan of Rs 50 billion from ADB. The BRT project, the flagship project of PTI, was to be completed under Rs 14 billion and put the initiatives by the opposing political parties to shame. height:auto; Bike Sharing Scheme (BSS) One of the Kind! Once completed, the BRT will be accessible to 17.54 per cent of. For this purpose special passing lanes have been constructed for Express buses to travel smoothly and swiftly along the corridor and the buses can pass each other without any problem. These numbers belong to original plan which consists of 8 routes while original plan also costed much less. When our Constitution gives so much power to party leaders, what power can legislators have? Every single bus in the Peshawar BRT is operational with a hybrid system. The BSS is a very interesting and innovative feature of Peshawar BRT. However the Communication Section said that that proper working on the design of the project was not carried out based on ground conditions/investigations at the preliminary design stage. Out of Rs100 billion development funds committed by Prime Minister Imran Khan for FATA, he said, some Rs85 billion had been approved. The BRT Peshawar bus stations will be equipped with clean and well-maintained restrooms. They have been following a misguiding mirage and false news ad rumors about BRT leading them nowhere. } We faced all hurdles and eventually organised FATA elections and now their MPAs prepare their budget in the KP Assembly, he said. To cover the current financial deficit of BRT, the provincial government allocated Rs2.747 billion in the budget, while the Asian Development Bank would also provide Rs43 million to reduce the BRT deficit. } Click here to read all about the feeder routes and entire corridor of Peshawar BRT. For a long time, people have been making an alien comparison between BRT Peshawar and metro projects in Multan, Lahore and the twin cities. This facility will tone down the raging traffic on the city roads as the parking plazas have been strategically constructed at locations having a high number of vehicles leaving for the roads. The new deadline is June 2021. JavaScript is disabled. 8 routes. Moreover, variations in the design and scope accrued as per site requirements owing to Right of Way (ROW) and social constraints which has resulted in the cost increase by more than Rs18 billion or 38 percent. 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Lahore and Peshawar cannot be compared for many reason. I read news 10 days ago that Punjab Govt has designated 200 buses for Feeding the Metro Lines. } I don't know why they scraped it. Lo and behold, the Peshawar BRT at $22 million per kilometre will be the most expensive on the face of the planet. Inflation hits highest level on record, will rise further, Merchandise exports shrink 19pc in February, Rupee tumbles by nearly Rs19 against dollar in interbank amid IMF delays. Initially on the basis of first come first get, 100,000 cards will be distributed free of cost. do you have any proof of project costs??? The opposition now claims that the cost of the project has exceeded Rs 100 billion. Ticketing facilities have been made super accessible for the general public by placing them on pedestrian bridges and then connecting them with the stations. Peshawar's BRT system runs 220 electric-hybrid buses (158 currently operational) and features 30 stations along the 27-km corridor across Peshawar, a city of around 2 million. The sponsoring agency should provide documentary evidence that international tenders were called for the project and reasons for non selection of an international construction firm. #ZuPeshawarBRT #BRT #PeshawarBRT more than 50 km of feeder routes have been repaired for the feeder buses and many other facilities are also included in the megaproject like 3 huge parking plazas, shopping malls, and recreational areas. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf party failed to deliver on every single one of their promises regarding the BRT. As per the spokesperson for Trans Peshawar, 260 projects from 155 cities in 65 countries were tested for the city award. One of the big differences between BRT Peshawar and Punjabs metros is the express service provided by the BRT Peshawar buses on the same corridor. Evaluation of (a) Peshawar BRT, (b) Lahore BRT, (c) Rawalpindi/Islamabad BRT and (d) Multan BRT by using waterfall graphic representation and by using performance variables; A: peak hour speed (km/h), B: peak frequency (bus/hour/direction), C: the total length of dedicated right of way (km), D: average distance between BRT Station (m), E: over . Your number are wrong. text-align: center; According to documents, the Trans Peshawar is facing a deficit of Rs2.798 billion during the current financial year. Along the main BRT Corridor, there are total 30 stations out of which 20 are at grade and 10 are elevated. Smart Surveillance for Lahore Metro Bus Feeder Routes Jan 2017 The project involves provisioning, commissioning, installation, calibration, integration, testing of state of the art CCTV Surveillance System along with Fiber based for the fourteen (14) Feeder Routes in Lahore as well as managing the . I believe full details will emerge when the tender process starts. Similarly orange train project in Lahore must be started. Is this a size requirement? Citizens can bring their own cycles to the track and commute on a traffic-free dedicated route. This resulted in a system that was a BRTS only in name. Confusion will be cleared. Five feeder routes are operational and about 158 buses are operating in different parts of the city. Its expected that soft launch of BRT Peshawar would still be 23rd March 2019. To offset this loss, the Provincial Government subsidized the project by Rs 1.75 billion. } Comparing in USD at the exchange rate of the day, to factor in the time value of money, BRT corridor comes in at $204 mln vs. $320 mln for the Lahore metro. https://t.co/3IOTB0YclM" Comparison of Peshawar BRT with Islamabad and Lahore metro Watch on This is how Peshawar BRT is different that Lahore and Islamabad Metro. The 26-kilometere BRT project will start form Chamkani and will end at Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital in Hayatabad, with a total of 31 stations along the route. According to the Peshawar High Court (PHC), The total cost for the 27.37 kms road project is estimated at Rs66.437 billion. The BRT service provided a quality mass transit system to the dwellers of the provincial capital. A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader on Thursday felicitated Peshawar's bus rapid transit (BRT) for being named among the finalists of the Prize for Cities award, while mocking a 'lack' of such recognition for the metro bus service in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Multan. How can somebody be certain about the cost when the work is still ongoing and hurdles are cropping up every day to be surmounted at huge costs? 32 stops cover these 3 feeder routes. In contrast, Lahore Metro rates as Basic with score of 52 and Islamabad Metro is rated Bronze with a score of 64. Another major initiative that was recently introduced in the city to upgrade the public transport system is Lahore Metrobus, which is widely known as Pakistan's first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service. Officials said the BRT Peshawar was consuming more subsidies than Rawalpindi and Multan metro buses. Inflation hits highest level on record, will rise further, Merchandise exports shrink 19pc in February, Rupee tumbles by nearly Rs19 against dollar in interbank amid IMF delays. Peshawar BRT corridor cost is comparable with Lahore despite 13 km of elevated build vs. 9 km, & 3 km of underpasses. The system uses an e-ticketing system Islamabad-Rawalpindi Metro Bus cost around PKR 44.8 billion, featuring 24 bus stations Fixed PKR 30 as one-way fare charged to the transporters. yeah educated persons belong to PTI only @superiority complex, total nooraz . The sponsoring agency should provide justification for reducing the number of stations from 32 to 30 in the instant revised PC-I. However, the failure to commence the project ultimately pushed the final date to 14th August 2020, 28 months later than the promised date. Hence by comparison,the cost of the Peshawar metro bus is estimated to be almost double the cost of Lahore metro bus project; something that the PTI has conveniently blamedon the 20 percent increase in the cost of the project on market rate system. It also doesn't have 450 buses and 150 bus stops. Teeraway fast bowler Zaman Khan said that he wishes to pick up national skipper Babar Azam's wicket. Without any separate route. But as the Rupee depreciated to unprecedented levels, the actual cost of the project has exceeded the Rs 100 billion mark. When Shaukat Yousafzai, provincial minister KPK, was questioned about the completion of the project in Sept 2021, he was, yet again, unable to give a deadline. So it covers 8 times as much area and serves 4 times as many people. 3.1. Even the consultancy service was charged million dollars twice; first for the original plan that had been disbanded and the new plan that is approved at last. The incumbent PTI government has now brought down the current deficit to $6 billion, the figure recorded in the Gen Pervez Musharraf era. The revised PC-I will be discussed by the CDWP Monday (today). The PTI video above itself claims cost to be 8% less than Islamabad metro, that makes it 0.08 * 20/100 = .016 Billion less so which is 18.4B/Km so obviously your figures are incorrect. JavaScript is disabled. clear: both; Answering a question about Maulana Fazlur Rehmans latest protest plan, he said, the Maulanas three plans backed by the PML-N and PPP had failed and lets see how he would protest all alone this time. The off-route or feeder buses will be moving throughout the city collecting passengers along the way and joining the main corridor at various spots with an estimated daily ridership of 400,000. As it became clear that subsidy will remain an imperative instrument for the smooth running of BRT, the PTI has completely changed its narrative. Two binary logit models are developed as part of this paper: the first model aims at investigating whether travelers are willing to pay more for public transport services, in case that a new mode (LRT or BRT) is introduced. float:none; Total estimated cost on this project is around 70 billion PKR. Sorry to say that will bite. Or free distribution of charas cigarettes can certainly help . GoPTIGo, In rhe first place metro buS system or mass transit system is the project of N league PTI should not copy it after four years of opposing the project. Cycling Facility Along the Entire Corridor. Islamabad Metro then took the first prize at $20 million per kilometer. Free Wifi is also available on every single bus station along the main corridor of BRT Peshawar. 2 Routes - 1 Metro Bus Route and 1 Orange Line Train Route. As per the official documents received by The News, the . Is this a size requirement? 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