Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurates the Peshawar BRT project:

Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurates the Peshawar BRT project:

Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated Pakistan's flagship project Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).

He received a briefing on the operation of the project after the inauguration. On the occasion, he was accompanied by the Prime Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan, the Minister of Defense Pervez Khattak and other government officials.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, the prime minister said he had reservations about the project at first, but he was wrong and the then KP CM, Pervaiz Khattak, was right. He congratulated him on the inauguration of the third generation transport structure in the provincial capital.

Prime Minister Khan said projects like the BRT will help improve the standard of living for the common man. "InshAllah, the project will prove to be a blessing for ordinary people," he added.

He said BRT hybrid buses will reduce pollution as well as solve traffic problems in the city.

The prime minister also inspected the buses, the ticketing system and expressed satisfaction with the arrangements made for commuters.

The bus project was built at a cost of around Rs. 70 Billion. About 350,000 ordinary people will enjoy safe, comfortable and affordable travel on luxury buses on a daily basis.

The BRT is a 27.5 KM main corridor with 31 stations, plus seven power lines totaling 62 kilometers with 146 stops to facilitate hundreds of thousands of passengers every day.

Work on the bus project was started in October 2017 by then Prime Minister, Pervez Khattak, who set a six-month deadline for its completion at a cost of Rs. 49 Billion. However, the project was delayed due to frequent design changes and other problems, increasing the cost of the project.