Punjab government has decided to introduce five-year Automated Rapid Transports System in Punjab, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz approved the five-year transport program while chairing a high-level meeting in Lahore. On the occasion, CM Maryam Nawaz ordered an immediate trial run of the Automated Rapid Transport System.
During the meeting, CM Maryam was briefed that Automated Rapid Transport System is successfully working in Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
The participants of the meeting were told that ART three-coach bus will have a capacity of more than 300 passengers. The bus will be charged within minutes of standing at the ART Smart Station.
Automated Rapid Transport services will have fast charging, Wi-Fi, monitoring camera and other facilities for passengers. The bus service will be a fully solarized. In the first phase, state of the art transport system will be introduced in Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala. The new transport system will be introduced in ten cities in three phases. With automated transport system, feeder buses will also be operated in every city. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that the government wanted to complete Automated Rapid Transport across Punjab in four years.
CM Maryam said that every city needs a new transport system and the government wanted to introduce "end-to-end" system in every city. Maryam Nawaz said automated rapid transport system was end deprivation of remote districts. CM Maryam said modern transport system will improve the quality of life of the people.
Reporter Rao Dilshad