Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government Tuesday sets June 30. 2020 deadline for completion of the under-construction multibillion Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) project in Peshawar. This time the deadline was announced by the KP Minister for Transport, Shah Muhammad and Spokesman of KP government, Ajmal Wazir while addressing a joint press conference at Civil Secretariat.

Addressing the press conference, Shah Muhammad said BRT project will complete in June 2020, six months before the stipulated period of 2021. In the agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) the completion period of BRT was agreed as 2021, but we are competing it around six months earlier, they added.

Transport Port Minister said the project was launched for the benefit of masses, but was politicized by opposition parties. He also urged media persons to extend support to provincial government in completion of this mega project of public interest.

In response to a question about early completion of deadlines, Shah Muhammad said if the project was completed in haste, it would not have achieved international standards.

He said the project was launched in the wake of traffic problems being faced by dwellers of Peshawar. The objective of BRT was to provide a modern and well equipped transport facility to the travelers, he added.

Shah Muhammad said government is trying to complete it before the announced deadline of June 30 and may succeed in inaugurating the project before the given time. He said delay in project completion was also caused due to change in government including three months interim period.

To a question about any further delay in project completion after the new announcement, Transport Minister said agreement has been signed with the contractor after which dead line of June was given. If he (contractor) failed to meet the deadline, he will be fined heavily for delay, Shah Muhammad warned.