Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani has issued new rout permits for 200 buses on Wednesday.

According to a press statement from commissioner office, in a meeting of Regional Transport Authority (RTA) presided by Shallwani, it was decided that 200 new buses will run in the city. The meeting was also attended by DG traffic Javed Mehar, Secretary RTA Nazar Shahani, director Traffic Engineering Board Iqbal Siddiqi and all SSP traffic of the city.

The board suggested to issue 14 rout permits to 200 Daewoo buses, which according to the press statement was approved after detailed deliberation. The RTA was directed to present a report of all the 14 routes after consulting the police.

The approved routes are: from Ladhi Babar Market towards Baldia Town, from Surjani Town towards Korangi, from Landhi Quaidabad towards Surjani Town, from Gulshan-e-Maymar towards Tower, from Landhi towards Lee Market, from Gulshan-e-Hadeed towards Lucky Star, from Landhi Bhens Colony towards Malir Cantt and from Malir Khokrapar to Tower, from North Karachi towards Tower, from Shah Faisal Colony towards Fishries, Dockyard and from Tesar Town towards Dawood Chowrangi and then Tower.

The commissioner said that the Sindh government is making all its efforts to address the transport woes of the city. “We are trying to provide a decent mode of transport for the people of Karachi,” he said and hoped that with this new transport routes people of Karachi will be benefitted.