Karachi ke public transport system mein aik naya aur numaya izafa dekhne mein aaya hai, shehar mein double-decker buses ka baqaida aghaaz kar diya gaya. Sindh ke Senior Minister aur Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon ne bus service ka iftitah karte hue kaha ke yeh buses 1 January se awaam ke liye available hongi, jabke aaj unhein shehri sarkon par test run ke liye chalaya ja raha hai.
Unhon ne media se guftagu mein kaha ke Sindh government ne jo wada kiya tha, usay mukammal kiya gaya hai, aur December ke aakhri din shehar ko double-decker bus service mil rahi hai. Iftitahi taqreeb mein Sindh Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah bhi maujood thay.
Routes, Stops and Fare Details
Wazeh kiya gaya hai ke double-decker buses ka pehla route Malir se Sharea Faisal tak hoga. Baad azan, spokesperson ke mutabiq, buses Zainab Market (Saddar) se Model Colony tak chalayengi. Is route par mukhtalif maqamat par stops muqarrar kiye gaye hain jin mein Malir Halt, Airport, Colony Gate, Natha Khan Bridge, Drigh Road, Nursery, Baloch Colony aur Finance & Trade Centre shamil hain.
Safar ke liye one-way ticket ki qeemat Rs80 se Rs120 ke darmiyan rakhi gayi hai, jo government subsidy ke tehat public ke liye muqarrar ki gayi hai.
A Transport Initiative After 65 Years
Sindh government ke handout ke mutabiq, Karachi mein double-decker buses 65 saal baad dobara mutarif karai ja rahi hain. Sharjeel Inam Memon ne kaha ke yeh sirf aik bus service nahi balkay shehar ke transport nizaam ko behtar banane ki taraf aik qadam hai.
Unhon ne yeh bhi bataya ke 2026 mein Sindh bhar mein, khaas tor par Karachi mein, mazeed electronic aur double-decker buses ke routes introduce kiye jayen ge. CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah ne hidayat di hai ke aane walay saal Karachi ki zyada tar bari sarkon par yeh buses chalai jayein.
Government’s Broader Transport Vision
Minister ne tasleem kiya ke Karachi ko arsay se transport aur traffic issues ka samna hai, aur double-decker buses in masail ko kam karne mein madadgar sabit ho sakti hain. Unhon ne daawa kiya ke People’s Bus Service ke zariye rozana 1.25 lakh se zyada musafir safar kar rahe hain.
Sarkon ki kharab halat par tanqeed ke jawab mein unhon ne kaha ke industrial areas ki sarkon ke liye Rs9 billion se zyada ke funds allocate kiye gaye hain, jabke Shahrah-i-Bhutto Expressway jaisay projects par kaam jari hai. Tourist maqamat ko bhi bus routes mein shamil karne ke hawalay se unhon ne kaha ke government ka maqsad har road aur har area ko cover karna hai.
‘A Gift for Karachiites’
Sindh CM ke office se jari bayan mein double-decker buses ko Karachi walon ke liye “tohfa” qarar diya gaya. CM Murad Ali Shah ke mutabiq, shehar ke bashindon ka haq hai ke unhein behtar transport facilities milen.
Unhon ne kaha ke behtar transport shehron ko mazboot banata hai aur Karachi ko modern cities ki saf mein lana hukoomat ki tarjeeh hai. Bayan ke mutabiq, yeh service sirf wada nahi balkay ab haqeeqat ka roop ikhtiyar kar chuki hai.
