PESHAWAR:Following reservations shown by the office bearers of the caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government and in the wake of financial issues faced by the province, a reduction in the subsidy provided for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was being considered.
Official sources on Wednesday said that scrutiny of BRT employees inducted from other districts was also being carried out. The sources said a subsidy of Rs 3 billion was being provided to this project on an annual basis, however due to financial issues of the province, a reduction in this subsidy was being considered.
The official sources said that a reduction of Rs one billion was being mulled in the BRT subsidy that would cause an increase in BRT fares and abolishment of additional staff services. The sources said that hundreds of inductions were made in BRT during the past KP government while 55 BRT vehicles were still nonoperational.
Despite an expenditure of hefty 92 billion rupees on the BRT project, the sources said the construction of three BRT commercial plazas was yet to be completed and an additional cost of around 12 billion rupees was needed to complete these structures.