Yusufzai travels through BRT, finds everything good

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations, Shoukat Yousafzai Wednesday said that Bus Rapid transit is not subsidized by the government and it will sustain on its own.

Talking to media after visiting BRT, he said that the project is a welfare oriented, affordable and without any corruption.

He rejected the narrative of increased cost of the project and said cost of the project has not been increased due to delay and design change.

He said that 8 billion rupees are being spent to purchase buses for BRT and 10 billion rupees were being spent on the construction of commercial plazas on Dabgari, Chamkani and Hayatabad.

Plazas of these are not being part of any other metro project, he added.

He said that special feature of BRT are 68 kilometer feeder roads that would be connected with Bara Road, Kohat Road, GT Road and Main BRT route.

He rejected the criticism of opposition and said BRT would be success like Billion Tree Tsunami that has been widely praised and acclaimed.