Balochistan CM approves Quetta green bus service project

BALOCHISTAN: Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal on Tuesday gave green light to the pilot project of green bus service in Quetta, ARY News reported.

“Initially, the service will be comprised of 10 buses,” read the notification of the meeting regarding transport affairs of Balochistan presided over by Jam Kamal in Quetta.

The forum decided that local transports will be partner in the green bus project.

“Bus terminals will be established on Saryab Road, Joint Road and Airport Road,” read the notification.

The meeting also decided to take measures to increase taxation of the transport department.

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A list of tax defaulters would be provided to the district administration, it said.

On April 6, Jam Kamal had said the rulers of Balochistan were responsible for its downtroddenness and poverty.

“Never ever anybody came from Sindh, Punjab or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here to become a chief minister,” Jam Kamal had said in a statement.

He had said only two persons were crying foul over the Public Sector Development Programme. Common citizen did not know what trick had been played in the name of the PSDP, he had added.

The chief minister had said the incumbent provincial government transferred fruits of development to areas through better use of resources. “If resources are misused, it will increase poverty and backwardness.”