Technical Faults In BRT Buses Caused Fire Incidents, CM’s aide

Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Higher Education and Information, Kamran Bangash on Wednesday said the Chinese experts have identified technical faults in BRT buses and efforts are being done to fix the issues on urgent basis.
“Technical malfunctions in Peshawar BRT have been diagnosed and a solution is already underway,” Bangash said on Twitter.
“The buses will start operating in a month or so with technical experts making the swap and testing the vehicles in detail.”
Bangash stated that a team of 20 Chinese experts is engaged in quick resolution of the issue with 11 already working on different sites.
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The repair work will be done free of cost for the KP government as the concerned company is bound by contract to provide the services.
The Peshawar BRT service was temporarily suspended after a fourth metro bus caught fire September 16.
The project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Imran Khan on August 14 after multiple delays. The premier had declared it “the highest-level metro project of the country”.
At least 128 buses ply the 27-kilometre BRT track in Peshawar. They stop at 30 stations across the city.
Meanwhile, when people of Pakistan heard about the news of technical faults in Peshawar Metro Bus after KPK CM’s aide informed about the issue, Twitteratti took to the social media platform and expressed their anger over the PTI government declaring the project completed with massive corruption.
A hashtag #BRT_Corruption_Project has also started trending on Twitter where people showed their annoyance towards the country’s most-expensive development.
Proposal is funny
Idea came after BRT buses caught fire two times… 😜#BRT #BRT_CorruPTIon_Project
Kalmati pic.twitter.com/OOwpqjaqAi— M R Kalmati (@MRKalmati1) September 23, 2020
The most expensive BRT in the world,Peshawar BRT is now indefinitely suspended. People who cannot even run a BRT are running Pak. No wonder the whole country is in a big mess.@MoulanaOfficial#BRT_CorruPTIon_Project
ABU IDREES KHAN KPK JAMIAT— ABU IDREES (@ABUIDRE56497672) September 23, 2020
Audit report of scams in procurement of BRT Peshawar. Audit report points out financial irregularities in buses procurement, billion rupees worth of 51 buses purchased two years before the project was completed.@MoulanaOfficial#BRT_CorruPTIon_Project pic.twitter.com/z57g6XEKBY
— ابابیل (@ArbabKasho) September 23, 2020
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Peshawar city of Pakistan's KP province is the worst thing that could ever happen as people showed disapproval after the stations get flooded and witnessed water leakages during heavy rains@MoulanaOfficial#BRT_CorruPTIon_Project
— ابابیل (@ArbabKasho) September 23, 2020
#BRT_CorruPTIon_ProjectBRT THIEF 👇👇👇👇👇#BRT_CorruPTIon_Project@MuradSaeedPTI
K pic.twitter.com/PIH72J5Vag— M R Kalmati (@MRKalmati1) September 23, 2020
110 billion a projest made in 7years by PTI who have been in power for 7years in kpk ,project failed with mega corruption ,a.project estimated at 30 billion reaches 110 billion and is in this shape #BRT_CorruPTIon_Project pic.twitter.com/9PoLIL1cBI pic.twitter.com/87BqkwBVnN
— Masood khan (@MSkhan50) September 23, 2020