Long wait is over as 140 Buses To start Test Run in Karachi on June 3

With the successful launch of Green Line bus service in January and much-awaited inauguration of Orange Line likely to be held next month, the decades-old transport problem of Karachiites is expected to be mitigated to a certain extent as around 140 buses brought here under the Peoples Bus Service project will begin their test run on June 3 on one of the seven proposed routes in the metropolis.

After the successful testing, proper commercial operation of the Sindh government-controlled bus service will start within the next few weeks, which will pave the way for 100 more new air-conditioned buses to be arrived by June 20 from China, to ply on city roads, officials and sources said on Saturday.

With the arrival of 140 new buses by different cargoes from China, their newly-recruited staff members are now ready at government facilities for the official nod, which have made all arrangements and are set to bring the buses on roads.