Rs30 billion approved for Multan’s Metro Bus

[Salman]

LAHORE:
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif approved an expenditure of Rs30 billion to construct Multan’s Metro Bus Corridor One at a meeting held on Tuesday.
Corridor One will be 18.5 kilometres long and 12 kilometres of it will be elevated from the ground. It will start from Bahauddin Zakariya University and end at Chowk Kumharan.
The meeting was told that 21 bus stations will be built for the metro. The foundation stone will be laid next month. Sharif gave instructions for flyovers along the route to be used for the Metro Bus.
The chief minister said the Metro Bus Project will be a blessing for the people of Multan. It will be state-of-the-art and will benefit thousands of students, labourers, teachers, doctors and women, he said.
“The project will be completed in a transparent fashion in the least possible time.” The rapid bus transit would provide affordable and comfortable travelling facility, he said.
The Multan commissioner gave a briefing on the project. The Punjab Metro Bus Authority MD, the finance secretary and the LDA director general attended the meeting.
Polio campaign
Lahore Division Commissioner Abdullah Khan Sumbal visited various areas of the city as part of the three-day polio campaign.
He said only two drops of polio vaccine could protect a child from permanent disability.
He said polio vaccination teams were going door-to-door.
Their efforts would stave off the disease for all future generations.
Sumbal also administered polio drops to children at a clinic on Lytton Road. He said polio led to permanent disability and was a curse on the society.
He said the ongoing campaign was being monitored strictly at every level.
Pakistan-South Korea exchange
Governor Chaudhary Muhammad Sarwar addressed a delegation of 50 students from South Korea who visited the Governor’s House as part of a study tour on Tuesday.
Sarwar said Pakistan had sacrificed a lot to establish world peace.
He stressed the need for cordial bilateral relations and said it was not possible to progress without developing key linkages with other countries.
Governor Sarwar said South Korea had set a shining example of progress and success in every walk of life. He said Pakistan and South Korea enjoyed excellent relations and Pakistan sought to benefit from South Korea’s experience with energy, transportation and infrastructure development.
The study visit to Pakistan was proof of South Korea’s fondness for Pakistan, he said.
The governor stressed the need for more student exchange programmes between the two countries to strengthen their relations.
He welcomed the students to the cultural capital of Pakistan and hoped that they would take home sweet memories.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2015.