{"id":11720,"date":"2024-12-16T15:07:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=11720"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:07:42","slug":"pakistan-eco-friendly-electric-buses-set-to-ply-on-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=11720","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: Eco-friendly electric buses set to ply on roads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Service to be synchronised for enhanced urban connectivity<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Transport Secretary Dr Ahmad Javid Qazi has announcing that 86 eco-friendly electric buses will operate on six routes in the first phase. These include 50 nine-metre and 36 11-metre buses, with funding already approved by the Punjab Cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed these views during a visit to Faisalabad to evaluate urban transport needs, plan the metro bus service, and oversee the launch of intra-city electric buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his visit, he chaired a meeting at the FDA Complex Committee Room, attended by key officials and stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, Consultant Asian Development Bank Muhammad Mobasher presented plans for the metro bus service, while CTO Punjab Transport Company Hassan Faiq Manhas provided updates on the intra-city electric bus project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three sites &#8211; Ghulam Muhammadabad, Sargodha Road, and Gatwala\u0097have been earmarked for the construction of bus depots to support the electric bus operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Qazi emphasised the importance of integrated planning, directing district administration, FDA, traffic police, and municipal corporations to focus on developing routes and managing road infrastructure for the electric buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also instructed that the metro bus project be synchronized with the electric bus initiative, ensuring thorough consultation with all relevant departments, including WASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2516047\/eco-friendly-electric-buses-set-to-ply-on-roads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2516047\/eco-friendly-electric-buses-set-to-ply-on-roads<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Service to be synchronised for enhanced urban connectivity Punjab Transport Secretary Dr Ahmad Javid Qazi has announcing that 86 eco-friendly electric buses will operate on six routes in the first phase. These include 50 nine-metre and 36 11-metre buses, with funding already approved by the Punjab Cabinet. He expressed these views during a visit to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[2304,282,8240,132,1920,1809,105,36,6367,4643,1784],"class_list":["post-11720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-advance-technology","tag-bri","tag-eco-friendly-electric-buses","tag-economy","tag-environments","tag-evs-2","tag-geopolitics-2","tag-pakistan","tag-pollution-2","tag-public-transport","tag-technology-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11722,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11720\/revisions\/11722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}