KARACHI: The BRT Red Line Project management, in an explanatory statement issued after the tragic incident near Chase Up Superstore, said that the death of three-year-old Ibrahim, who fell into an open manhole on the night of November 30, 2025, is a deeply heartbreaking tragedy. The project management expressed solidarity with the grieving family.
The Manager of Environmental and Social Safeguard for the Red Line BRT said in the statement that the incident took place at a location that is a considerable distance from the BRT Red Line construction area, where no excavation work was underway and no BRT machinery, activity, or obstruction was present. The statement added that the road in that area was complete, and the old sewage channel where the incident occurred does not fall within the administrative or operational scope of the BRT Red Line.
The BRT Red Line management clarified that the letter issued by a senior KMC director circulating on social media gives an impression that is contrary to the facts.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2025