The World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are investing $1 billion in Karachi to help upgrade public transit, according to Bloomberg. The projects are focused on bus networks with dedicated lanes.
Sindh’s Minister for Transport and Mass Transit, Syed Awais Qadir Shah, stated in an interview that work on the $550 million Red Line, funded by the Asian Development Bank, will begin this month, while work on the $455 million World Bank-supported design will begin before the end of the year.
In addition, the minister revealed that the ADB’s Red Line project will include 280 custom-built buses that will run on methane before transitioning to batteries.
The province intends to build a biogas factory to produce methane from animal manure.
